Iraq Business News brings you the latest Iraq transportation news relating to developments and opportunities.
Etihad, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), this week celebrates its very successful first year of operations in Iraq. Etihad, the first airline in the UAE to fly to Baghdad, commenced services from Abu Dhabi to the Iraqi capital in April 2010 and two months later commenced operations to Erbil, its second […]
The Basra International Airport in southern Iraq will undergo a major expansion and renovation this year, according to its director. On the sidelines of the first Iraq Airports Expansion, Cargo and Logistics Conference and Exhibition held in Erbil last week, Abdul Ameer Ganim Abdullah said: "There are several huge projects that will commence this year, […]
The railway connecting Baghdad with the Syrian city of Aleppo was officially completed on Sunday, the Iraqi Transport Ministry announced. AKnews reports that the project involved constructing a 150 km connecting spur. The trains will travel up to 100 kilometers per hour. A spokesperson for the General Railways Company told AKnews: "The railway line between […]
Three flights a week from Vienna to Baghdad Austrian Airlines now flies to two destinations in Iraq Serves a total of 12 destinations in Middle East Austrian Airlines is to reincorporate the Vienna-Baghdad-Vienna route into its scheduled flight programme from 8 June 2011 onwards. The carrier will operate a total of three flights a week […]
Move One's Country Manager for Iraq, Cameron Marchand, gives an overview of what it takes to run a business in Iraq. An integral part of what has driven Move One to become a leader in its field is the ability to operate in the most challenging and inhospitable environments of the world. Until recently, Iraq […]
The inaugural edition of the annual Airports Expansion, Cargo and Logistics Conference and Exhibition, organised by Arabian Reach, the UAE-based company specialising in exhibitions and events management across the region, began Wednesday, April 27, 2011 in Erbil, Iraq, with the participation of over 2000 visitors from 33 countries across the world. UAE visitors alone comprise […]
The German company Bertling met the chairman of the Basra Investment Commission to discuss their plan to establish an project providing logistical support for oil and gas companies in Basra. A director of the company, Ali Majed Sabah, said ,"the conference that was held in Kuwait Chamber of Commerce recently and our follow up at […]
CT Group Travel in conjunction with UK Trade & Investment and The Middle East Association launch a trade mission to Kurdistan. Iraq is poised to be one of the world's leading emerging markets, driven by oil revenues and economic development across the board. Part of the government's five year development plan is to attract over […]
Iraq has approved an ambitious $37-billion [45 trillion Iraqi dinar] programme to upgrade Iraq's collapsing infrastructure, which has fallen victim to three decades of war and sanctions, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh (pictured) said on Tuesday. AFP reports that the cabinet's plans, which must now be approved by parliament, are the latest in efforts by the […]
The Iraqi Transport Ministry announced on Tuesday that it has reached agreement with Turkey to import modern train carriages costing about $9 million [11 billion Iraqi dinars]. The carriages currently used by Iraqi Railways to transport goods and passengers are old and unable to meet the requirements of commercial transport with the regional countries, according […]
Exporters looking to serve the Iraqi oil and gas industry might be interested in the guaranteed twice-weekly express road trailer services between Western Europe and Iraq recently launched by independent freight forwarder F.S. Mackenzie. F.S. Mackenzie says that the service, which caters for express groupage and part-loads, has been launched in response to increased business […]
The Iraqi Railway Company [Iraqi National Rail Company] has announced that its revenues for March totalled $1.4 million [1.7 billion Iraqi dinars], according to a report from AKnews. The company’s assistant general manager, Salam Jaber Salloum, told the agency that proceeds from the transfer of freight reached $310,000 with the remaining revenues coming from the […]
