The Supreme Court of Canada has allowed Kuwait to pursue the seizure of Iraqi government assets in Canada, according to CTV News. The high court has granted an appeal by Kuwait Airways against Iraq and Bombardier Aerospace of Montreal, follows a British judgment that could allow Kuwait to seize Iraqi passenger planes now in Canada. […]
The Iraqi transport ministry said it approved a proposal by a private firm to re-open the Baghdad-London air route after a 20-year hiatus, according to a ministry press release on Sunday. “The ministry has given the green light to al-Nasser, a private sector company, to re-operate the airline linking Baghdad to London,” read the release […]
Iraqi Airways is planning to initiate its new service between Basra and Mash’had [Mashhad] in eastern Iran, according to a Transportation Ministry statement on Tuesday, quoted by Aswat al Iraq. "The Transport Minister, Amer Abdul-Jabbar, has instructed Iraqi Airways to initiate a route between southern Iraq’s Basra and Iran’s Mash’had from September 9, 2010, with […]
The general manager of Najaf International Airport said on Monday that automatic booking machines are being installed at the airport to allow bookings through the internet. Sadiq al-Laban told AKnews, "The automatic booking system is modern and sophisticated. It would facilitate and confirm bookings through the Iraqi Airways website, and through the official website of […]
The Iraqi council of ministers has decided to dissolve Iraqi Airways and liquidate its assets after the airline dropped flights to England and Sweden in a row with Kuwait over war reparations.
The Iraqi transportation ministry has said that properties of the bankrupted Iraqi Airways will go to the state, Aswat al-Iraq has reported. The carrier, which had only one old airplane, could not purchase more due to the Kuwaiti compensation claims, the ministry said. The source described the airlines properties as "very little". ( AME Info […]
The $1.2bn (£837m, €979m) reparations relate to aircraft and parts taken by Iraq during its occupation of Kuwait. The decision to wind up Iraqi Airways is an attempt to avoid the claims filed by Kuwait Airways.
Kuwait Airways Corporation will take the necessary legal measures to protect its rights, after Baghdad's decision to liquidate the Iraqi Airways
The Iraqi government has dissolved state-owned Iraqi Airways over a decades-old financial dispute dating back to Saddam Hussein’s invasion of his oil-rich neighbor Kuwait
Iraqi airways opened yesterday Friday the first Mosul-Beirut flight.
A British court released the head of Iraqi Airways on Thursday and allowed him to return home, the Iraqi transport ministry said in the latest twist in a legal nightmare for the airline.
Transport Minister, Amer Abdul Jabar, expressed regret over Kuwaiti authorities’ pressure on Iraq over the Iraqi Airways debts.
