Saudi airline begins flights to Iraqi airports, 21 SEPT

 Mawazine News – Baghdad

Saudi Arabian airline (flyadeal) announced on Saturday the start of its flights to Iraqi airports.

The company said in a statement that this decision comes “to activate Iraqi-Saudi relations, and in line with the Iraqi government program, diplomatic efforts, mutual government visits and joint committees between the two countries.”

This aims to support Iraq’s efforts to open up to the Arab and global oceans, and to promote the Umrah season and the turnout of Iraqi Umrah pilgrims to perform Umrah.

Flyadeal Airlines has started operating large-capacity aircraft, operating three weekly flights between Baghdad International Airport, Najaf Airport and Basra International Airport.

The statement added that the company intends to increase the number of flights to become daily, to include all airports in Iraq, in order to accommodate the large numbers of Iraqi pilgrims and facilitate their flights and visit to the Kingdom

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