By John Lee. A spokesman for Erbil International Airport has told Iraq Business News that there has been no official instruction from Baghdad regarding the blocking of freight flights to airports in Iraqi Kurdistan, but added that there have been emails to airlines confirming that this is the case. "The irony is," said Andrew Jones, […]
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Iraq Blocks Kurdistan Flights
By John Lee. Cargo flights to and from Erbil and Sulaimanya [Slemani] have reportedly been suspended. A spokesman for Emirates SkyCargo told Lloyd’s Loading List that the airline’s freighter flights to and from Erbil “have been temporarily suspended at the request of the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority. However, Emirates [passenger] flights are operating as per […]
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Etihad Crystal Cargo Launches Service to Erbil
Etihad Crystal Cargo has launched a weekly service from Abu Dhabi to Erbil operating an A300-600F freighter with a payload of 42 tonnes every Tuesday and Saturday.