By John Lee. Emirates Airlines has commenced flights to Erbil, considered to be one of the oldest cities on earth. An Emirates’ A340-300, carrying a VIP delegation and media landed in Erbil, the capital of northern Iraq and the airline’s third gateway into the country after Baghdad and Basra. Travelling aboard the inaugural flight, which […]
By John Lee. Delays in the construction of an Iraqi pipeline threaten to stall production at Shell's Majnoon oilfield for at least three months, forcing the field to miss a 2012 target of 175,000 barrels per day, reports Reuters. In February, production at Majnoon was 54,000 bpd, Shell says, but averaged only 18,600 bpd for the […]
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. […]
Dubai contractor Drake & Scull is reported to be close to winning a $300 million contract in Iraq. Chief executive Khaldoun Tabari said the contract will be the construction of an oil and gas pipeline in Basra, reports Reuters. “We are very close to finalizing the deal,” he said. Drake specializes in mechanical, electrical and […]
Dubai-based Dragon Oil is considering expanding into Iraq. In its management statement on Monday, the company said that it was pre-qualified for Iraq’s fourth oil licensing round, which is currently scheduled to take place at the end of May. “We are looking at partnering opportunities ahead of this bidding round,” the company said in its […]
Dubai's Etihad Airways will launch flights to Basra from mid-April. “Iraq’s surging economy represents a good opportunity to add even greater depth to our schedule,” said James Hogan, Etihad Airways President and Chief Executive Officer. “Basra is an important industrial and transport hub but currently has only limited access to air services and we are delighted […]
An economic forum will be held in Dubai in two months time in the hope of fostering economic development in the Kurdistan Region and attractiong more investors to the booming regional economy. Shilan Khanaqa, Kurdistan Region's representative to the United Arab Emirates told AKnews that the two-day conference will be held under the auspices of […]
The fourth of the new routes into Iraq by low cost airline flydubai was completed today with the inaugural flight to Najaf. It began its three-times weekly service to Najaf today when the inaugural flight, FZ221, departed Dubai Terminal 2 at 0700hrs, and landed in Najaf International Airport at 0840hrs local time. The return flight, […]
In an initiative to support developing Iraqi business segments, Emirates has announced a 75 per-cent additional capacity increase between Dubai and Baghdad, growing its services to seven flights per week. Starting from 2nd February 2012, EK941 will depart daily from Dubai at 07:55am touching down at Baghdad International Airport at 09:40am the same day. At […]
flydubai, Dubai's pioneering low cost airline, added to its expanding network yesterday with the start of flights to Baghdad. flydubai’s inaugural flight, FZ215, took off from Dubai Terminal 2 at 1355hrs yesterday, landing at Baghdad International Airport at 1545hrs. In addition to Erbil and Sulaimaniyah, the four-times weekly flight to Baghdad increases flydubai’s presence in […]
Flydubai has added two additional Iraqi destinations to its network with flights to Baghdad and Najaf due to start in the New Year. The new routes bring flydubai's network to 48 destinations across 27 countries in the Gulf, Middle East, Africa, Indian Sub-Continent, Asia and the fringes of Europe. Flydubai launched services to Iraq in […]
The University of Dubai (UD) recently won a grant of $500,000 (Dh 1,836,500) for its proposal to help two Iraqi universities improve the quality of their business education. The grant, awarded to UD last week by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), was created to improve the educational system in Iraq, with an […]
