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Lufthansa Resumes Flights to Erbil

By John Lee. After renewed consultation with the relevant national security authorities, the Lufthansa Group has decided to resume flights to Erbil in northern Iraq from Monday. Erbil lies well outside the direct crisis zone in Iraq, and flights to and from the city will be routed to avoid overflying the zone. Lufthansa flies twice-weekly […]

Baghdad is Ready for Boarding

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Austrian Airlines Resumes Flights to Baghdad After 21 Years

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 […]

Austrian Airlines to fly to Baghdad from June

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 […]

Iraq - the Next Tourism Hotspot

Iraq is poised to be a future tourism hotspot, reveals the new WTM Global Trends Report. The report, in association with Euromonitor International, shows Iraqi tourism is growing fast with increased airline and hotel capacity following the country’s successful attendance at World Travel Market 2009 – its first visit to a travel and tourism trade […]

More Flights to Baghdad

One of the fastest growing business jet destinations wasn't much more than a smoking hole a few years ago but Baghdad is back. According to BusinessWeek, Lufthansa will start scheduled service next week and Royal Jet, which operates 11 corporate aircraft is reporting brisk business carrying oil executives and other business leaders to the calmer […]