Iraqi Airways
Iraqi Airways is the flag carrier of the Iraq. It began in 1944. It's first flight was to Syria in January 1945.[1] It bought its first jet aircraft in the 1960s. They allowed the airline to add flights to cities in the Middle East, Asia and Europe.[2] During the 1970s, it began its first flight to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.[3] In 1991, when Iraq invaded Kuwait, all of its planes were grounded by the United Nations. A few years later, they allowed the airline to operate a few domestic flights. The airline was allowed to resume international flights 12 years later on May 30, 2003, after the War in Iraq ended.[4] In 2015, the European Union banned the airline from flying there.[5]
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Current Iraqi Airways logo
2 Iraqi Airways planes that were grounded during the war.
An Iraqi Airways plane in the 1970s paint job.
Iraqi Airways Boeing 737-800 at Munich Airport.
Iraqi Airways Media
Iraqi Airways Vickers Viscount 735 at East Midlands Airport in 1978
Iraqi Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident1E landing at Athens Hellenikon Airport in 1973
An Iraqi Airways Boeing 747-200C at London Heathrow Airport in 1983
An Iraqi Airways Boeing 737-200 Advanced at Prague Ruzyne Airport in 2004
An Iraqi Government Boeing 747SP operated by Iraqi Airways at Andrews Air Force Base in 1989
An Iraqi Airways Airbus A321 landing at Vnukovo Airport, Moscow, Russia (2018)
An Iraqi Airways Airbus A330-200 landing at Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Turkey (2016)
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References
- ↑ "Iraqi Airways". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Iraqi Airways - History". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Iraqi Airways plans to fly to America, and several European cities and plans to implement e-booking". Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ "Arab Aviation > Country Briefs > Iraq > Iraqi Airways". Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ↑ Batchelor, Tom (11 August 2015). "Iraqi airline banned from flying over ENTIRE EU airspace after safety breach claims". Retrieved 31 January 2017.