List of Iraqi Airways destinations explained

Iraqi Airways Company, operating as Iraqi Airways[1] is the national carrier of Iraq, headquartered in Baghdad[2] [3] One of the oldest airlines in the Middle East, Iraqi Airways operates 5 domestic and 10 international routes in Africa, Asia and Europe since having resumed operations in 2003, 7 others were suspended in between. The airline was said to have ceased operations on 26 May 2010, partly due to claims for compensation from Kuwait arising out of the Gulf War, but continues to operate domestic and regional routes till today.

Iraqi Airways was founded in 1945 and is a member of the Arab Air Carriers' Organization. They operated the first flight on 29 January 1946, ever since they expanded into a global airline covering a wide network of destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America prior to the 1980–88 Iran–Iraq War as well as the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, ensuing sanctions brought the airline's services to a halt, random charters for Hajj were operated in defiance during the 90s.

The destination list shows airports that are served by Iraqi Airways as part of its regular scheduled passenger services. The list includes the city and country name; the airport codes of the International Air Transport Association (IATA airport code) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO airport code); the airport name; additionally, there are labels for airports that are the airline's base and terminated stations[4] [5]

List

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
ArmeniaYerevanZvartnots International Airport[6] [7]
AzerbaijanBakuHeydar Aliyev International Airport[8]
BelarusMinskMinsk National Airport[9]
BahrainManamaBahrain International Airport
BulgariaSofiaSofia Airport[10]
ChinaBeijingBeijing Capital International Airport[11]
GuangzhouGuangzhou Baiyun International Airport[12]
DenmarkCopenhagenCopenhagen Airport[13]
EgyptCairoCairo International Airport
HurghadaHurghada International Airport[14]
Sharm El SheikhSharm El Sheikh International Airport
GermanyBerlinBerlin Brandenburg Airport
DüsseldorfDüsseldorf Airport
FrankfurtFrankfurt Airport
MunichMunich Airport[15]
IndiaAhmedabadSardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
DelhiIndira Gandhi International Airport[16]
MumbaiChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
IranBandar AbbasBandar Abbas International Airport[17]
IsfahanIsfahan International Airport
KermanKerman Airport[18]
Kish IslandKish International Airport
MashhadMashhad International Airport
RashtRasht Airport[19]
TehranTehran Imam Khomeini International Airport
Tehran Mehrabad International Airport[20]
IraqBaghdadBaghdad International Airport
BasraBasra International Airport
ErbilErbil International Airport
KirkukKirkuk International Airport
MosulMosul International Airport
NajafAl Najaf International Airport
NasiriyahNasiriyah Airport[21]
SulaymaniyahSulaymaniyah International Airport
JordanAmmanQueen Alia International Airport
KuwaitKuwait CityKuwait International Airport[22]
LebanonBeirutBeirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
MalaysiaKuala LumpurKuala Lumpur International Airport[23]
PakistanIslamabadIslamabad International Airport[24]
KarachiJinnah International Airport[25]
RussiaMoscowVnukovo International Airport[26]
Saudi ArabiaJeddahKing Abdulaziz International Airport[27]
MedinaPrince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport[28]
RiyadhKing Khalid International Airport[29]
SwedenGothenburgGöteborg Landvetter Airport[30] [31]
MalmöMalmö Airport[32] [33]
StockholmStockholm Arlanda Airport
SyriaAleppoAleppo International Airport[34]
DamascusDamascus International Airport
TunisiaTunisTunis–Carthage International Airport
TurkeyAdanaAdana Airport[35]
AnkaraAnkara Esenboğa Airport
AntalyaAntalya Airport[36]
BatmanBatman Airport[37]
GaziantepOğuzeli Airport[38]
IstanbulIstanbul Arnavutköy International Airport
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
TrabzonTrabzon Airport[39]
SamsunSamsun-Çarşamba Airport[40]
United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiZayed International Airport
DubaiDubai International Airport
SharjahSharjah International Airport
United KingdomLondonGatwick Airport[41]
Heathrow Airport
ManchesterManchester Airport

Note - Iraqi Airways also served Lydda[42] in British Mandate Palestine up until early May 1948.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.aaco.org/airlines_iraqi.asp#a1 Arab Air Carriers Organization
  2. "Iraqi Airways Office in Baghdad." with its main base at Baghdad International Airport. Iraqi Airways. Retrieved on 6 March 2010.
  3. "Iraqi Airways ." Arab Air Carriers Organization. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.
  4. Web site: baghdadairport.
  5. http://www.iq-airways.com/_page.php?page_id=62 Iraqi Airways schedule
  6. Web site: Iraqi Airways to launch first flight Baghdad-Yerevan-Erbil on February 26. 26 February 2015. armenpress.am.
  7. News: L. J. Iraqi Airways Adds New Routes to The Caucasus from Oct 2015. 13 October 2015. Airline Route. 13 October 2015.
  8. News: Iraqi Airways open flight to Baku on 22 September. 17 September 2015. Fineko. ABC.az. 10 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074231/http://abc.az/eng/news_10_09_2015_90694.html. 4 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  9. Web site: Iraqi Airways Opens Regular Seasonal Flight To Minsk . 16 April 2017 . 7 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107024341/http://belarusfeed.com/iraqi-airways-opens-regular-seasonal-flight-to-minsk/ . dead .
  10. Web site: 1985/86: Iraqi Airways Network. airlineroute.net.
  11. Web site: IRAQI AIRWAYS PLANS BEIJING MAY 2024 LAUNCH. Jim Liu. AeroRoutes.
  12. Web site: Iraqi Airways to Resume Guangzhou Service in 4Q23 . Aeroroutes. 20 September 2023.
  13. http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/41878-iraqi-airways-eyes-us-debut-in-2016 "Iraqi Airways eyes US debut in 2016"
  14. Web site: Iraqi Airways files Hurghada / Trabzon schedules from July 2019. routesonline.com. 16 July 2019.
  15. Web site: Iraqi Airways adds Munich service from late-March 2019. 2021-08-24. Routesonline. en-GB.
  16. Web site: Iraqi Airways. timetableimages.com.
  17. News: Jim . Liu . Iraqi Airways adds Najaf – Bandar Abbas from April 2018 . 7 March 2019 . Routes Online . Jim Liu . 30 April 2018.
  18. Web site: Iraqi Airways adds Kerman service from March 2017. Routesonline. 13 March 2017.
  19. Web site: سيستم چارتر عراق | بلیط هواپیما | بلیط چارتر. 24 July 2016. 28 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200928071731/https://www.toc24.net/Systems/Login.aspx?language=fa%2F. dead.
  20. Web site: 1981: Iraqi Airways Network. airlineroute.net.
  21. Web site: Iraq's economic center .
  22. http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2013/February/middleeast_February167.xml&section=middleeast&col= Iraqi Airways to resume flights to Kuwait
  23. Web site: Malaysia Resumes Flights to Iraq after 25 Years. Iraq Business News. 29 June 2012.
  24. Web site: Iraqi adds flights to Islamabad . 27 July 2022 . 4 August 2022.
  25. Web site: Iraqi Airways announces the opening of the Baghdad-Karachi Line.
  26. Web site: Iraqi Airways Germany / Russia service changes from Oct 2017.
  27. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/yi-aqy Iraqi Airways charter flights to Jeddah data at flightradar24
  28. Web site: YI-ASJ - Boeing 737-81Z - Iraqi Airways - Flightradar24 . flightradar24.com . Flightradar24 . 25 March 2019.
  29. http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/ia64/ia64-4.jpg 1964 time table
  30. http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/39473-iraqi-airways-to-use-an-aerovista-a320-for-euro-flights ch-aviation listing Iraqi Airways routes in the European Union states
  31. Web site: Kiss site promoting new Gothenburg service by Iraqi Airways . 3 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170410025742/http://www.kissairlines.com/gothenburg/ . 10 April 2017 . dead .
  32. Web site: Iraqi Airways banned from European Union airspace . 11 August 2015 . 12 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171012204557/http://m.atwonline.com/regulation/iraqi-airways-banned-european-airspace . dead .
  33. Web site: Iraq Dinar - Iraqi Dinar - Iraq Stock Exchange - Dinar Revaluation and Speculation - Investors Iraq. investorsiraq.com. 24 August 2013. 5 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181205193429/http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?135845-Iraqi-Airways-expands-route-network. dead.
  34. Web site: Index of /ttimages/complete/ia54. timetableimages.com.
  35. Web site: Iraqi Airways June – Sep 2012 New Services. airlineroute.net.
  36. IRAQI AIRWAYS' FIRST FLIGHT TO ANTALYA / TURKEY. 17 June 2013. YouTube.
  37. Web site: Iraqi Airways S14 New Routes .
  38. Web site: Iraqi Airways adds Gaziantep scheduled service from late-Dec 2017 . routesonline . 3 January 2018 . 3 January 2018.
  39. Web site: Iraqi Airways files Hurghada / Trabzon schedules from July 2019. routesonline.com. 16 July 2019.
  40. Web site: Flight Radar 24 . www.flightradar24.com . Iraqi Airways . 11 February 2019.
  41. Web site: Book a Flight – Iraqi Airways . 3 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171012204946/https://iaw.gov.iq/en/flight-booking/ . 12 October 2017 . dead . dmy-all .
  42. Web site: ia4805-2.jpg (1567x1100). timetableimages.com. Timetable images. 17 March 2019.

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