Royal Jordanian to halt flights to Erbil, Sulaymaniyah in N.Iraq on Friday

Jordan’s state carrier Royal Jordanian will suspend its flights to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah in northern Iraq from Friday following a request from Iraqi authorities, the company said Wednesday. The airline, which operates 10 weekly flights to Erbil and three weekly flights to Sulaymaniyah, said the suspension of flights would start at 6 pm local Amman time on Friday. The government in Baghdad is at loggerheads with the Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq after they held a referendum on independence. <br/>