Thursday, February 15, 2007
Iraq - Syria flights resume
Region, Travel
(VOI) Flights from Baghdad to Damascus have been resumed at Baghdad international airport after a two-week-stop, an airport source said on Thursday. "Two planes so far took off in flights from Baghdad international airport to Damascus after a two-week-stop," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Two weeks ago, fights from Baghdad to Damascus stopped for the Iraqi airways could not fulfill its financial commitments towards the Syrian aviation authorities. The source said "the Baghdad security plan in place now has nothing to do with suspending the flights to Syria as it includes only closing the land cross-points with Syria for 72 hours." "The flights schedule includes now a flight per day heading for Syria and it is expected to be doubled soon in view of the increased number of passengers," he added.
Labels: air travel, Baghdad, Syria
