AMMAN (AFP) -
Jordan's national carrier Royal Jordanian will
increase its weekly flights to Kurdistan, the
northern Iraqi Kurdish city of Erbil later this
month from two to four.
Four weekly round-trip flights to Erbil will begin
on March 26, the spokesman said.
The airline also plans to increase weekly flights to
the southern port city of Basra in the "near future"
from two to three, the spokesman added.
Royal Jordanian also has two daily flights from
Amman to Baghdad, which are increased to three
according to demand.
The national Jordanian carrier and Iraqi Airways are
the only two companies to make regular passenger
flights in and out of war-battered Iraq.
But they need clearance from the US-led coalition
forces to land or take off from Baghdad
international airport, which doubles as a military
base.
AFP |
Kurdistan flags flutters in front of an Iraqi
airliner at Erbil airport in Iraqi Kurdish city of
Erbil in Kurdistan (northern Iraq)
Photo: AFP |
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