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The state-owned Iraqi Airways is offering one of its old Boeing jetliners for sale as scrap as it continues to sell off the remnants of a decades-old fleet that was moved to neighbouring countries after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The 737-200, parked for years at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan, had been […]
Emirates will commence passenger flights to Baghdad from the 13th November 2011, marking the airlines’ second destination in Iraq. Operating four times per week Baghdad will be Emirates’ fifth international destination to launch in 2011 with Basra and Geneva already operational and Copenhagen and St Petersburg to follow on 1st August and 1st November respectively. […]
The Iraqi Transport Ministry is planning to tender a railroad line links Iraq to several Asian countries through Iran for foreign investment for lack of funds. The 200 km Mundhiriya-Qasr Shirin railway will link Iraq’s Baqouba city to Iran through the Mundhiriya border crossing, and from there to several other Asian countries including India and […]
Adnan al-Sharif, head of the state-owned car manufacturing company, has told Azzaman news agency that Swedish truck manufacturer Scania is to set up an assembly line in Iraq for the production of 800 trucks a year. Sharif did not say how the deal will be financed, but he said his company aspires to become Scania’s […]
EgyptAir has announced that it will start operating direct flights to Baghdad and Erbil starting mid July 2011. This decision comes as one of the steps taken by EgyptAir to build new markets and to link Iraq with Europe and North America through Cairo Hub. “We will start operating 7 weekly flights to Iraq , […]
Austrian Airlines resumed flights to Baghdad for the first time in 21 years today (Wednesday), with the launch of its Vienna to Baghdad route. The Austrian carrier is the first western European airline to fly to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, its second destination in Iraq after Erbil. Austrian Airlines originally introduced a Vienna-Baghdad route […]
Iraq and Jordan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a rail line linking the Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba with the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, The Jordanian news agency Petra reports that the MoU was signed in Amman on Sunday by Jordanian Transport Minister Muhannad Qudah and his Iraqi counterpart Hadi al Ameri. […]
A five-year project for French engineering group Alstom to build an above-ground urban metro line in Baghdad will cost $1.5 billion [1.8 trillion Iraqi dinars] and be funded by the French government and banks, according to Reuters. The planned line will have capacity to carry 30,000 passengers an hour, will have 22 km (13 miles) […]
Bloomberg reports that Iraqi Airways will appeal a court order to freeze its bank accounts in Jordan following a lawsuit by Kuwait Airways. Karim al-Nuri, a spokesman for the Iraqi Minister of Transport, told the news agency: “We are preparing to appeal the Jordanian court order. Our appeal is based on the fact that Iraqi […]
Teh Arab Times reports that Kuwait is ready to sign an agreement with Iraq to guarantee that the Mubarak Al-Kabeer port project will not hinder the construction of Iraq's Grand Faw port. According to the Director of Information at the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aous Al-Tamimi, the Iraqi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs […]
Basra council decided this week to renovate and upgrade Basra International Airport as part of preparation to host the Gulf Cup in 2013, reports AKnews. The airport is Iraq's second biggest. Jabbar Amin Jaber, Basra Council chairman, said: “More than $100 million (116.5 billion Dinars) were allocated to begin the construction within the next couple of […]
Swedish truck maker Scania will open a branch in Karbala, its fourth brance after Baghdad, Erbil and a planned third in Basra. On Wednesday, Scania signed a contract with the Iraqi company al-Raw’aa regarding cooperation on this project. Swedish ambassador Karl Magnus said, “This will open a new door for Swedish companies to enter Iraq.” […]
