By John Lee. Gulf Air plans to restart flights to Iraq and Iran on 20th September after a break of 17 months. The airline, based in Sunni-ruled Bahrain, halted service to the Shiite-led countries at the height of anti-government unrest last year, during which at least 50 people were reported to have been killed. It said […]
Reinforcing and strengthening the airline’s commitment to Basra, Emirates adds three additional flights between Dubai and the Iraqi southern port city, increasing the service from four to seven flights per week. Effective today (Wednesday 1st August), EK 945 will depart daily from Dubai at 13:55 hours and touch down at Basra International Airport at 14:45 […]
flydubai, Dubai’s innovative low-cost airline, has added another Iraqi destination to its network, with four-times weekly flights to Basra scheduled to begin on 8 August 2012. Basra joins the capital, Baghdad, plus Najaf, Sulaimaniyah, and Erbil, swelling flydubai’s Iraqi route map to five points, one of the most comprehensive networks to Iraq in the region. […]
Emirates, one of the world's fastest growing airlines, will launch a new passenger destination in Iraq this August with the commencement of flights to Erbil, its third Iraqi destination after Basra and Baghdad. Starting from 12th August 2012, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan will be the carrier's 17th passenger destination in the Middle East. The […]
Qatar Airways has in the span of just two weeks expanded passenger services to Iraq with the launch of its second destination in the country – to the capital Baghdad. The Doha-based airline is operating four-flights-a-week non-stop on the Baghdad route. Located on the banks of the Tigris River, Iraq’s capital is one of the […]
Flights between Tehran and the Kurdistan Region began for the first time on Monday, said Tehran-based Mahan Airlines. Hossein Hosseini, the Director of Marketing for the airline, said “We are delighted to announce Erbil as our first new route for 2012. We have seen significant growth in Northern Iraq economy during past two years and […]
Qatar Airways has extended its Middle East footprint to Iraq with Wednesday’s launch of scheduled flights to the northern city of Erbil. Qatar Airways inaugural flight QR 446 from Doha to Erbil arrives in the northern Iraqi city to a traditional water salute welcome today. The Doha-based airline is operating four-flights-a-week non-stop on the route […]
Iraq's Transport Ministry said it has agreed to increase the number of flights between Iraq and Jordan. There will be four trips weekly between Amman and Mosul, and five between Amman and Najaf. According to the report from Aswat al-Iraq, the Jordanian side has agreed to facilitate granting visas to Iraq. The ministry added that […]
Myanmar and Iraq are among the highlights of Qatar Airways' announcement of launch dates for new routes in the Middle East, Africa and Asia with capacity hikes being introduced to a number of other international destinations from the carrier's Doha hub. Speaking at Arabian Travel Market (ATM), the Middle East's premier travel trade event taking […]
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, this week launched its inaugural flight from Abu Dhabi to Basra in southern Iraq. Flight EY553 took off from Abu Dhabi airport at 9.45am and landed on schedule at Basra International Airport at 10.50am. The new Airbus A320 service, with 16 Pearl Business class seats […]
Turkish Airlines hopes to increase the number of flights between Turkey and Basra from four to seven per week. Farouk Qaimagja, of the Turkish Consulate in Basra, told AKnews: "We are working seriously to reach this number of flights per week. We hope that this will be achieved as soon as possible through the cooperation […]
Following the successful bilateral discussions between the governments of Kuwait and Iraq, Jazeera Airways announced that it has secured rights to operate the Kuwait-Al Najaf route and intends to launch the route within the next six months. Jazeera Airways, which currently operates 18 non-stop routes in the Middle East from Kuwait, will be the first […]
