International flights to Iraq’s Kurdish region suspended
Flights to northern Iraq’s Kurdish region have been suspended by the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority. At the request of the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority, all international air traffic to and from Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports was suspended Sept 29 until further notice. Domestic flights are continuing to operate at the airports. In addition to Qatar Airways, international flights to Erbil are operated by Austrian Airlines, EgyptAir, Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s Pegasus and Royal Jordanian, among others. The ban on international flights went into place after Iraq’s Kurds overwhelmingly backed independence in a referendum. The vote angered the Iraqi govt, which is taking retaliatory measures such as imposing the international flight ban. <br/>
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International flights to Iraq’s Kurdish region suspended
Flights to northern Iraq’s Kurdish region have been suspended by the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority. At the request of the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority, all international air traffic to and from Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports was suspended Sept 29 until further notice. Domestic flights are continuing to operate at the airports. In addition to Qatar Airways, international flights to Erbil are operated by Austrian Airlines, EgyptAir, Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s Pegasus and Royal Jordanian, among others. The ban on international flights went into place after Iraq’s Kurds overwhelmingly backed independence in a referendum. The vote angered the Iraqi govt, which is taking retaliatory measures such as imposing the international flight ban. <br/>
