Samer Majali, CEO of Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air, has announced that the city of Suleimaniya in Iraq's Kurdistan region will become the carrier's second destination in the country by the end of 2010, Kurdish Globe has reported. The carrier also plans to fly to the southern port city of Basra by the end of […]
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Al Najaf Airport Closed Until Further Notice
Al Najaf airport supervisor Sadek Al Labban said that the airport will stay closed until further notice while the current administration of the airport affiliated to Al Najaf local government refuses to give the right of management to Iraq Ministry of Transportation considering that it is an investment project. Official authorities had closed Baghdad and […]
Parts of Habaniya Airbase to go Civil
Semi final agreements have been reached to change parts of the Habaniya Airbase in al-Anbar province into a civil airport. "The process is part of the al-Anbar investment plan," Mizhir Hassan, head of the al-Anbar Investment Commission, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Monday. He said that a civil airport in al-Anbar will contribute to […]
Tags: Airbase, Transportation
Dora Rail Project launched.
Iraq's electricity and transport ministries have announced the launch of a joint railroad project that will carry fuel to the Dora Power Station in southern Baghdad, Aswat al-Iraq has reported. Transport minister, Amir Abduljabbar has said that a similar project will be carried out in Basra province, south of Baghdad. ( AME Info FZ LLC […]
Test Flights Begin at Erbil Airport.
Stafford Clarry, Erbil airport director said that the first aircraft arrived yesterday from Turkey, and it landed on the new airport runway , which is scheduled to go through a development phase lasting several months. The new airport features a runway 4800 m long and 90 m width which is the longest runway in Middle […]
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Aviation in Iraq: New Beginnings
The Iraqi aviation sector is experiencing a surge of demand and is making strides in the development of its infrastructure, fleet and services. “This is an exciting period in the re-establishment of the Iraqi aviation industry,” observes William Wakeham, Managing Director of Anglo Arab Insurance Brokers. Iraq’s Ministry of transportation has recently announced (on March […]
U.S.'s Leedco Wins Iraq Airport Contract
Leedco Engineers Inc, the privately held Californian engineering consultancy, has won a $50 million contract for construction of an international airport in Iraq, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The airport is to be built in Salahuddine Province in northern Iraq as an alternative to Baghdad International Airport, said Jewher Hamad al-Fahel, the head of the province's […]
Erbil's New Airport: a Week's Work in a Day
By Aiyob Mawloodi Erbil's new international airport is expected to shoulder a heavy load in the development of the city, the region, and the country. The General Manager of Erbil's new airport, Mr. Stafford Clarry, announced in a press conference on Wednesday, March 24, that the new Erbil International Airport has started flights as a […]
Compressors for Basra
The project to install and operate central air compressors at the shipyard of the Iraqi Ports Company in Basra has been completed. “The compressors are of the reciprocating type,” Anmar al-Safi, the company’s media director, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Thursday. He said that the project was executed by the company’s technical staff. ( […]
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$25m for Paving Roads in Karbala
The Karbala Provincial Council has allocated around ID 30 billion (approx. $25m) to pave a number of roads in the province, a local official said on Wednesday. “The total length of the roads is 100 km,” Abbass Nasser Hassani, member of the council, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the roads are located […]
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Iraq, Syria Rail Co-operation
The Iraqi minister of transportation has discussed with the Syrian prime minister means of boosting cooperation in the transportation sector, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said on Wednesday. “The two officials discussed in the Syrian capital Damascus means of developing the work of the Iraqi-Syrian Land Transportation Company and facilitating procedures for the transportation […]
Tags: Baghdad, Transportation
Sand Freight Fees
A committee has been formed in Karbala on Wednesday to specify fees for sand transportation from the province to other places in Iraq. “The process aims at increasing Karbala revenues in 2010,” Tareq al-Kheqani, a member of the Karbala Provincial Council, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the new revenues will be devoted […]
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