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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A member of Najaf provincial council announced on Friday that Turkish Airlines will run four flights a week between Istanbul and Najaf airport, increasing to seven flight s a week from next month when services to five other Iraqi airports will begin. Abdul Hussein Abtan told AKnews that the civil aviation authorities in Iraq and […]
Emirates has marked its 110th international destination today with its inaugural flight to Basra, the airline's first service into Iraq. Emirates is the largest international carrier to operate services into Iraq, helping link the country to the rest of the world through its convenient connections in Dubai. “Iraq is experiencing a surge in growth and […]
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 […]
