Iraq Business News brings you the latest Iraq transportation news relating to developments and opportunities.
In another sign of Iraq's continued, swift, steady progress, Iraq's ports reported record profits exceeding 46bn dinars, according to Aknews. This is an increase of 10% compared to last year. Anmar al Safi, a director of the Iraqi Ports Public Company, said: "The rate of cargo dump increased 100,000 tonnes from 2009." No doubt shipping imports and profits will […]
Following on from our listing on Monday of the main cabinet positions, we present a more complete line-up below, compiled from information sourced from Iraq Oil Report and Reuters. The official website of the Iraq cabinet has not published the official list, and has chosen instead to lead with an article about the importation of […]
Iraq’s Transportation Ministry said on Tuesday that Iraq has decided to sell all its aircraft parked at airports in Jordan, Tunisia and Iran by the former Ba'athist regime. “The Transportation Ministry has got the approval of the Council of Ministers to sell all its aircrafts, parked in Jordan, Tunisia and Iran, possessed by the Iraqi […]
Direct flights between Iraq and China will commence in January, according to a report from AKnews. Ziya Qurayshi, an advisor to Nouri al-Maliki, told the agency that the two countries have agreed to re-open the route after completing all the official and technical procedures. The economic embargo imposed on Iraq in 1990s due to the […]
Southern Iraq’s Grand Faw Port project, recently approved by the Council of Ministers, will provide employment opportunities for 150,000, according to the National Coalition on Sunday. “The Grand Faw Terminal, approved by the Council of Ministers in 2004, is considered one of the most important projects that can achieve revenues in billions of dollars for […]
The Egyptian Consul General to Kurdistan Region, Suleiman Othman, said that flights between Egypt and the Region will commence in December, and passengers to Egypt can get their visas in Erbil. In an interview with AKnews on Monday, the consul said that Nile Air will launch Cairo-Erbil and Sulaimaniya-Cairo routes. "This step will definitely improve […]
Basra will be Emirates' first Iraqi destination since the airline postponed the launch of flights to Baghdad earlier this year citing "operational reasons", according to Reuters. "The city's recent growth has paved the way for numerous multinational companies and industries to invest in infrastructure and we have seen strong potential from a number of our […]
AKnews reports that the first direct flight between Sulaimaniya and the Qatari capital, Doha, commenced on Wednesday. Dana Mohammed, media secretary for Sulaimaniya International Airport, told AKnews on Thursday that the route is being operated by FlyDubai, the UAE-based budget carrier, in conjunction with the local Zozg and Azmar airlines, and will offer two flight […]
The spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Transport said on Saturday that direct flights between Baghdad and the Qatari capital, Doha will commence today [Monday]. Initially there will be only one flight per week, according to the report from AKnews. The spokesman stated that Iraq wants to open direct flights with all developed countries which […]
The business associations and economic organizations in Basra, in collaboration with the International Private Projects Center, have held a conference to review the problems experienced by the private transport sector in the province. Abdul Saleh Saheb, the supervisor of the Conference and Vice-President of Businessmen's Union, told AKnews that the conference aims to review the […]
The sky's the limit for new business opportunities, partnerships & business ventures says the organiser of the inaugural Iraq Airport Expansion, Cargo Logistics Conference and Exhibition which takes place from April 6-7, 2011, in the northern city of Erbil, Kurdistan. The event has been designed to provide a gateway for companies in the aviation, airports, […]
A French airplane landed at Baghdad International Airport Sunday in an inaugural flight by the Aigle Azur airline, which was the first passenger plane to fly into Iraq from France in 20 years. On board of the plane was the French Trade Minister Anne-Marie Idrac, accompanied by a number of businessmen, investors and journalists on […]
