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  Iraqi Airways Resumes Int'l Flights - MSNBC Wire Services - msnbc.com
The Iraqi Airways flight from Amman to Baghdad was the state airline's first international flight since sanctions were imposed on Saddam Hussein's regime in 1990.
Iraqi insurgents have taken aim at some commercial and military flights over Baghdad, firing rockets at aircraft flying to and from the airport, which also is used by the U.S. military.
Iraqi Airways is working to renovate its fleet by buying five Airbus aircraft and training Iraqi pilots in Arab countries, including Jordan, the official said.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6037848   (519 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: Iraqi Airways   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Iraqi Airways is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.
During the 1970s, Iraqi Airways was granted a route to JFK International Airport in New York, and because of that, it needed a bigger jet, so it went to (then) Seattle based Boeing and bought 707 jets.
Iraqi Airways operated the first domestic commercial scheduled service since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime from Baghdad to Basra, with 100 passengers in a Boeing 727-247, on 4 June 2005.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Iraqi-Airways   (582 words)

  
 Encyclopedia article: Iraqi Airways Hijacking   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Iraqi Airways security personnel tried to stop the hijackers, but one grenade was thrown into the passenger cabin.
Another hand grenade exploded in the cockpit, crashing the plane into the ground near Arar (additional info and facts about Arar), Saudi Arabia (An absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy) where it broke in two and caught fire.
Apparently, the attack was meant as a blow against Iraq during its long war with Iran (additional info and facts about war with Iran).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/ir/iraqi_airways_hijacking.htm   (133 words)

  
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The Iraqi Airways flight from Amman to Baghdad was the state airline's first international flight since sanctions were imposed on Saddam Hussein's regime in 1990.
Iraqi insurgents have taken aim at some commercial and military flights over Baghdad, firing rockets at aircraft flying to and from the airport, which also is used by the U.S. military.
Iraqi Airways' commercial manager, Majid al-Wadi, said the company was planning to bring back planes that have been grounded in Jordan, Tunisia and Iran.
www.nctimes.com /articles/2004/09/19/news/nation/17_40_459_18_04.prt   (469 words)

  
 Articles - Iraqi Airways   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Iraqi Airways was quick to modernize, buying Russian built Tupolev Tu-124 planes as well as British built Trident aircraft.
During the 1970s, Iraqi Airways was granted a route to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, and because of that, it needed a bigger jet, so it went to (then) Seattle based Boeing and bought Boeing 707 jets.
Since Iraq's invasion in 1991 of Kuwait, Iraqi Airways was grounded by the United Nations' sanctions against Iraq.
www.izeez.com /articles/Iraqi_Airways   (852 words)

  
 EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Controlling Iraq’s Skies: The Secret Sell-off of Iraq’s Air Industry
Iraqi Airways employees recently staged demonstrations in the streets of Baghdad, demanding to be reinstated and the return of their airport to Iraqi control.
While IRW is not arguing for a new national carrier or for Iraqi Airways to be revived, it is critical that Iraq begins to receive the revenue and trade benefits of a revived air transport industry.
Representatives from the former national carrier (Iraqi Airways) and civil aviation authority should be full members in any negotiations regarding the possible licensing of private carriers or the privatization of their activities.
www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/irwtemp6.shtml   (3535 words)

  
 Cronyism, Corruption and Calamity in Iraq
Iraqi Airways employees, who total over 2,400, in January staged riots in the streets of Baghdad, demanding that their airport be returned from foreign control and that they be put to work.
The employees of Iraqi Airways are seeking the right to lease planes to fly along the same routes as the foreign carriers, and to be paid for the use of their property by foreign carriers.
Refusing to allow Iraqi Airways to compete with foreign carriers and airline services undermines the company's ability to be truly "self-financing," as does the use of its facilities with no compensation to the company.
multinationalmonitor.org /mm2004/04march/march04corp2.html   (2370 words)

  
 Flight 15 to Basra: Few Perks, but No Bombs. - New York Times
Iraqi officials say the flight is a crucial step in restoring an air network that was ravaged by the economic sanctions imposed after the Persian Gulf war of 1991.
Iraqi Airways officials say they hope to start direct flights between Basra and London by the end of the summer.
It was inaugurated with an Iraqi Airways flight to Asia.
www.nytimes.com /2005/06/23/international/middleeast/23flight.html?ex=1277179200&en=15da9e1b3b1ef1ef&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all   (1325 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | Iraqi Airways is back in the air
An Iraqi Airways Boeing 737 jet flew from Amman in Jordan to Baghdad before flying on to Damascus in neighbouring Syria.
Iraqi Airways flight IA164 left the Jordanian capital, Amman, at 0845 (0545 GMT) for Baghdad.
Iraqi Airways also has plans to fly to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, but will need to find more aircraft first.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/3666700.stm   (426 words)

  
 Iraqi Airways hopes to resurrect service - The Washington Times: Business   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In an announcement to employees, Iraqi Airways officials said the once-profitable company was working with the U.S.-led coalition to begin flying again.
Iraqi Airways' head office at the airport was taken over by the U.S. military in April, and the main terminal is still used as a makeshift barracks.
The fortunes of Iraqi Airways declined steadily over the past two decades, and it was not clear how soon it would be ready to fly again.
www.washtimes.com /business/20030529-113810-5550r.htm   (576 words)

  
 House of Lords - Kuwait Airways Corporation v Iraqi Airways Company and Others   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Under Iraqi law, RCC resolution 369 was effective to divest KAC of its ownership of the aircraft and vest title in IAC.
It was part and parcel of the Iraqi seizure of Kuwait and its assets and the assimilation of these assets into the political, social and economic structure of Iraq.
IAC seeks to apply Iraqi law as the lex situs under (1) as a ground for excluding any liability which would otherwise exist in accordance with Iraqi law as the lex loci delicti under (2).
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/ld200102/ldjudgmt/jd020516/kuwait-1.htm   (4118 words)

  
 After Long Hiatus, Iraqi Airways Back in Skies
The Iraqi Airways jet was ascending in ear-popping, stomach-churning, circular swirls to evade any missile attacks from the ground.
The plane, freshly painted in Iraqi Airways' traditional white and green, was headed from Baghdad to Amman, Jordan.
The airline is virtually bankrupt, a position it must retain to protect itself from a lawsuit filed by the Kuwaiti government that alleges Iraqi Airways stole planes and other equipment after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2004/10/03/AR2005040209479_pf.html   (876 words)

  
 Iraqi Airways rebuilds despite violence - Iraq Business News
Iraqi Airways plans to lease eight planes shortly to meet growing demand, despite concerns about security at Baghdad airport, Transport Minister Salam al-Malaki said on Wednesday.
One option being considered is to channel part of Iraqi Airways revenue to Kuwait and for the Iraqi government to agree to pay compensation, Malaki said.
Iraqi Airways also faces financial claims from Jordan and Tunis, where its planes were sent to escape U.S. bombing just before the 1991 Gulf War.
www.iraqdirectory.com /files/articles/article600.htm   (563 words)

  
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Iranian FM urges Iraqi counterpart to follow-up status of Iranian abductees...
Iraqi Airways will launch a three-times-a-week service between Amman and the northern Iraqi Kurdish city of Arbil on Saturday via Baghdad, a company official told AFP.
Earlier this month, Iraqi Airways launched a regular service between Baghdad and Basra, and in February the airline made its first commercial flight from Arbil to Amman.
www.imnsr.com /DisplayNewsEn.aspx?id=6057   (198 words)

  
 Iraqi Airways to resume domestic flights. - Airline Industry Information | Encyclopedia.com
Britain and the USA have stated that they do not have any objection to Iraqi airlines resuming domestic commercial flights through no-fly zones imposed in the north and south of the country.
The US government has indicated that it will closely monitor the air traffic zones to ensure that the Iraqi military does not fly through the areas and threaten people on the ground, such as a Kurdish enc...
APS Diplomat Recorder ; Iraqi Airways, whose aircraft have been grounded since the 1991 Gulf War, successfully resumes regular domestic flights, passing through Western-imposed no-flight zones.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-66500823.html   (688 words)

  
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An Iraqi Airways passenger plane from Baghdad has landed at Basra airport, signalling the normal resumption of domestic flights between the two cities.
The Iraqi national carrier had flown a plane from Amman, Jordan to Baghdad in September 2004, but without any passengers, in a symbolic resumption of its international flights after a gap of 14 years.
www.imnsr.com /DisplayNewsEn.aspx?id=5915   (238 words)

  
 Iraqi Airways Makes Test Flight From Amman To Baghdad
AMMAN, Aug 23 (AFP) - An Iraqi Airways Boeing 737 made a test flight from Amman to Baghdad on Monday for the first time since the airline`s planes were grounded in Jordan by UN sanctions in 1990, a company official told AFP.
Iraqi Airways regional director Abdel Razzak al-Dulaimi saw off the plane at its departure from Jordan`s international Queen Alia Airport just south of Amman, Hadid said.
Six Iraqi Airways planes have been grounded in Jordan since UN sanctions were slapped on Iraq following its invasion of Kuwait in August 1990.
www.turkishpress.com /turkishpress/news.asp?ID=25191   (528 words)

  
 Iraqi Airways Looses Appeal against Kuwaiti Airways - Zawya.com | Middle East Business News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Beirut (MER) - Iraqi Airways lost its latest appeal to prevent Kuwaiti Airways Corporation from reopening a case that has been on going since the 1991 Gulf War for the return of several aircrafts seized by Iraqi forces after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait, the Kuwaiti-based Al Qabas, reported on Saturday.
After the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces and the subsequent annexation of Kuwait by Iraq, the government of Iraq proceeded to transfer the assets of Kuwaiti Airways to the Iraqi Airways.
Kuwait than initiated proceedings against the Iraqi Airways in the British house of Lords, calling for the return of its ten aircraft or payment of their value, and damages.
www.zawya.com /story.cfm?id=ZAWYA20050319102946   (249 words)

  
 Al Jazeera English - Archive - Iraqi Airways Back In Flight
Iraq's national carrier Iraqi Airways has resumed international flights for the first time in 14 years, with a plane taking off from Amman to Baghdad - but without any passengers.
Iraqi Airways says its offices have already sold dozens of tickets, but at prices the majority cannot afford.
After successfully performing a test flight from neighbouring Jordan in August, Iraqi Airways was initially denied regular airspace permission to fly over Iraqi territory, with doubts over licensing validity stalling the process.
english.aljazeera.net /English/archive/archive?ArchiveId=6525   (484 words)

  
 Iraqi Airways makes test flight from Amman to Baghdad
AMMAN (AFP) — An Iraqi Airways Boeing 737 made a test flight from Amman to Baghdad on Monday for the first time since the airline's planes were grounded in Jordan by UN sanctions in 1990, a company official told AFP.
Iraqi Airways regional director Abdul Razzaq Dulaimi saw off the plane at its departure from Queen Alia International Airport, Hadid said.
Six Iraqi Airways planes have been grounded in Jordan since UN sanctions were slapped on Iraq following its invasion of Kuwait in August 1990.
www.jordanembassyus.org /08242004002.htm   (356 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Iraqi Airways starts flights to southern Basra
BASRA, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi Airways inaugurated a route from Baghdad to the southern city of Basra on Saturday, part of an expansion plan that also involves extreme security measures at the capital's airport.
The main highway from Baghdad to the airport is so dangerous and violence-prone it has been nicknamed by locals as the "street of death." A suicide bomber this week attacked the main checkpoint to the airport, wounding at least 15 Iraqis, including several Iraqi Airways employees.
Iraqi Airways resumed international flights last September for the first time in 14 years, with flights to Amman, in neighboring Jordan and to the Syrian capital of Damascus.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2005-06-05-iraqi-airways_x.htm?csp=36   (289 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Travel - News - Grounded by sanctions and war, things looking up for Iraqi Airways
Iraqi Airways could get off the ground again in a new Iraq flush with international reconstruction traffic and reborn as a member of the international community.
Underlining resurgent interest in air travel to Iraq, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic both announced plans this month to resume regular flights to Baghdad once the airport is ready for civilian traffic.
Building on its strengths, Iraqi Airways could be flying again in two to three years and have 10 planes operable within five, he predicted.
www.usatoday.com /travel/news/2003/05/01-iraqi-air.htm   (645 words)

  
 Iraqi Airways resumes international flights after 14 years. 18/09/2004. ABC News Online
Iraqi Airways resumes international flights after 14 years.
National carrier Iraqi Airways has launched its first international flight in 14 years with a plane taking off from Amman to Baghdad - but without any passengers.
Iraqi Airways' old fleet is scattered, with several of the aging planes in Amman and Tunis, none of them operational.
www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200409/s1202179.htm   (237 words)

  
 COMMITTEE TO SAVE THE CHILDREN IN IRAQ FLIES WITH IRAQI AIRWAYS -- 15 November 1991
A delegation of the Committee to Save the Children in Iraq left Stockholm today aboard Iraqi Airways flight 118 bound for Amman, Jordan, with relief goods to be transported overland to Baghdad.
If the Iraqi civilian fleet, many of its aircraft currently grounded outside Iraq, were to be mobilized in an international relief effort, with direct flights into Iraq, significant help could be provided.
In the statement presented on 20 August 1991, the delegate of the I.P.O. had characterized the comprehensive economic sanctions as a gross violation of the basic human rights of the civilian population of Iraq.
i-p-o.org /nr-csci-15nov91.htm   (410 words)

  
 FresnoBee.com: Iraq: Iraqi Airways offers Baghdad-Basra flights   (Site not responding. Last check: )
BASRA, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi Airways inaugurated a route from Baghdad to the southern city of Basra on Saturday, part of an expansion plan that also involves extreme security measures at the capital's airport.
The main highway from Baghdad to the airport is so dangerous and violence-prone it has been nicknamed by locals as the "street of death." A suicide bomber this week attacked the main checkpoint to the airport, wounding at least 15 Iraqis, including several Iraqi Airways employees.
Iraqi Airways resumed international flights last September for the first time in 14 years, with flights to Amman, in neighboring Jordan and to the Syrian capital of Damascus.
www.fresnobee.com /24hour/iraq/story/2452327p-10773430c.html   (230 words)

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