Emirates to start flights to Baghdad in ...
The Dubai-based airline Emirates says it will begin flights to Baghdad in November. It’s the latest carrier to open a link to the Iraqi capital after years of conflict.Emirates says the first flight to Baghdad is scheduled on Nov. 13. The airline began flights earlier this year to the city of Basra... 
Asylum seekers have been returned to Bag...
The first group deportation of Iraqis for six months has seen a number of asylum seekers returned to a country convulsed by civil rights protests and violence.The decision to resume charter flights was in defiance of warnings by the United Nations high commissioner for refugees that it is unsafe to remove... 
Emirates launch flights to Iraq’s ...
Basra will be Emirates’ first Iraq route after the airline postponed the launch of flights to Baghdad earlier this year citing operational reasons.The city’s recent growth has paved the way for numerous multinational companies and industries to invest in infrastructure and we have seen strong... 
Flights to Yerevan launched by Flydubai ...
Flydubai, Dubai’s first low cost airline, has announced the launch of flights to Yerevan. Yerevan will become Flydubai’s 25th destination when the airline starts three flights a week to the city on 21 November. Flydubai, Dubai’s first low cost airline, was established by the Government of Dubai... 
Iraq resumed flights between Baghdad and...
A source in Iraq Ministry of Transportation said that in few days Iraq will resume flights between Baghdad, Sweden, Germany and Britain. The same source added that an approval was granted to Al Nasser, the only private sector company, to start operating flights between Iraqi airports and Sweden, Germany... 
Iran, Egypt agree to resume flights betw...
Egypt and Iran have agreed to resume direct flights between their capi-tals for the first time in three decades. Following talks in Egypt, officials said 28 weekly flights would resume between Cairo and Tehran, but did not specify when they would begin. Ties broke down in 1980 in the wake of the Islamic... 
Flight to Iraqi destination launched by ...
Flydubai, Dubai’s first low cost airline, launched services to its first Iraqi city and 22nd destination overall, when the airline’s inaugural flight landed in Erbil last night.FZ201 took off from Dubai International Airport’s Terminal 2 at 1830hrs yesterday evening and landed in... 
Viking Airlines start flights to Baghdad...
Viking Hellas Airlines, part of Sweden’s Viking group, will launch flights to Baghdad on March 1 and to Sulaymaniya in Iraq from March 4, the company’s commercial director Roger Gatt told AFP late Wednesday.The airline began flying to Arbil in northern Iraq on February 5, Gatt added. Flights... 
Flights from Athens to Iraq to Baghdad...
A new airline has begun flights between Athens and three cities in Iraq, as well as to Manchester, England, the company announced Wednesday.Viking Hellas Airlines began flying three times a week to Manchester on Feb. 1, with ticket prices starting at euro59 $80 one way, including fees and taxes, the... 
flights to Iraq by Lufthansa...
Lufthansa aims to launch the new services in the summer of 2010, once it has obtained the necessary traffic rights. Further infrastructure requirements are also being examined. With the resumption of flights to Iraq, Lufthansa is pursuing its policy of expanding its route network in the Middle East,...