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Iraqi Airways Company, operating as Iraqi Airways[2] (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية العراقية; also known as Air Iraq), is the national carrier of Iraq, headquartered on the grounds of Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad.[3] One of the oldest airlines in the Middle East, Iraqi Airways operates domestic and regional service. Its main base is Baghdad International Airport.[4] Iraqi Airways is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.
[edit] HistoryIraqi Airways was founded in 1945 and started operation on 29 January 1946 using Dragon Rapide and Vickers VC.1 Viking aircraft. By 1955 Vickers Viscounts operated all of Iraqi Airways' external services. In the 1960s Iraqi Airways bought Russian Tupolev Tu-124 planes as well as Hawker Siddeley Trident aircraft. These jets allowed Iraqi Airways to increase service across the Middle East, to Africa and Europe. During that time, cargo aircraft such as the Ilyushin Il-76 were also purchased. During the 1970s, Iraqi Airways needed a bigger jet for a new route to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, purchasing the Boeing 707 and, soon after, the Boeing 747. [edit] Decline The Iran–Iraq War did little to undermine the airline's activities. Since Iraq's invasion in 1990 of Kuwait, Iraqi Airways was grounded by the United Nations' sanctions against the country. Iraqi Airways had 17 jets, all of which were moved to secret locations, mainly in Jordan (some were parked on the aprons of Amman's Queen Alia International Airport where they still stand today). Attempts were made to restart internal services in May 1991 and permission was granted by the UN for the operation of helicopters on limited domestic services. Fixed-wing flights were banned under the ceasefire terms, although the UN Security Council agreed to the resumption of internal flights. These restarted in January 1992 from Baghdad to Basra using Antonov An-24 aircraft. Operations were suspended shortly after, following a UN ruling.[4]  However, domestic flights became a rarity too, because of the No-Fly Zone imposed by the United States and United Kingdom over Iraqi skies. On occasions, Iraqi Airways would also fly pilgrims to Muslim religious cities throughout the 1990s. [edit] RevivalAfter the War in Iraq, on 30 May 2003, Iraqi Airways announced plans to resume international services. The rights to the Iraqi Airways name was transferred to a new and separate company called Iraqi Airways Company which would build a new airline and protect it from the legal problems related to the regime of Saddam Hussein. Operations restarted on 3 October 2004 with a flight between Baghdad and Amman. Iraqi Airways operated the first domestic commercial scheduled service since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime from Baghdad to Basra, with 100 passengers in a Boeing 727-247, on 4 June 2005. On 6 November 2005, Iraqi Airways operated a flight from Baghdad to Tehran, Iran, for the first time in twenty five years. The aircraft, as with the rest of the fleet, is operated on its behalf by Teebah Airlines of Jordan. Services to Arbil and Sulaymaniyah were added in summer 2005. [edit] 2009In March 2009, Iraqi Airways began its first flights to Sweden in almost nineteen years. The flight operated Baghdad-Athens-Stockholm operated by a Boeing 737-300 leased from Seagle Air.[5] On 22 June 2009, it was revealed that Iraqi Airways had struck a deal with British Aviation Authorities to resume direct Baghdad-London (Gatwick) flights, the flights were suppose to begin on 8 August 2009 using a Boeing 737-400 leased from Tor Air and should eventually get the Airbus A320-232 operating the route, this has failed to happen and there has been no news since. They intend on a bigger expansion into the U.K and Europe.[6] On 3 September 2009, Iraqi Airways resumed flights to Bahrain with a ceremony at Bahrain International Airport.[7] On 11 September 2009, Iraqi Airways resumed flights to Doha, Qatar from Baghdad and Najaf after a eighteen year break.[8] On 30 October 2009, Iraqi Airways revealed that they have applied for rights to fly to Malmö, Sweden. They expect flights to begin shortly.[9] On 10 October 2009, Iraqi Airways resumed flights to Karachi, Pakistan.[10] On 30 October 2009, Iraqi Airways started seasonal (Hajj) flights to Jeddah according to their website schedules. During November 2009, Blue Wings, a German airline, began operating flights to Düsseldorf and Frankfurt, Germany on behalf of Iraqi Airways.[11] Germany is now the second European country, after Greece (now suspended) and Sweden served by Iraqi Airways since the Iraq war. [edit] Livery  The airline's livery consists of an all white airplane's belly, but with a green cheatline and an aqua green scheme covering the top of their planes. The aqua colour goes all the way to the end of the planes' tails. The tail logo consists of a green bird inside a white circle, with the name Iraqi Airways inscribed just below the circle, in white colour and in Arabic. The same title is also inscribed over the passenger windows on the front part of the fuselage, using the same colour but written in English. Iraqi Airways currently has contracts with Schabak and with Nostalgair to produce their airplane models. Iraqi Airways appeared to have unveiled a new look, featuring navy blue and white, on their first CRJ-900 which was delivered on 7 October 2008, although there are rumors that it is the CRJ house livery with the Iraqi Airways logo added to it.[12] On 6 March 2009, the first picture of an Iraqi Airways Boeing 737-700 (YI-AQL) was uploaded to JetPhotos.net. This shows the aircraft in a airTran Airways hybrid scheme which shows that no new livery has yet been designed or it has not been painted on the Boeing 737-700 yet. [edit] DestinationsFurther information: Iraqi Airways destinations At November 2009, Iraqi Airways serves 6 domestic destinations and 15 international destinations in 14 countries in 3 different continents.
[edit] Fleet[edit] Current.jpg) The Iraqi Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at 22 November 2009):[13][14]
[edit] Historic.jpg)  Iraqi Airways fleet was composed of mostly Boeing aircraft ordered during 1970s and served with the carrier until the 1990 ban on air travel. Until 2003, some of these aircraft were stored in Amman, Beirut and Tehran because of the Gulf War and ban on air travel in Iraq. However, some airworthy aircraft operated a few Hajj flights during the 1990s. After the 2004 re-organization, several restored Boeing 727s and Boeing 737s, in addition to leased Boeing 767-200 aircraft, operated flights for the carrier. Iraqi Airways still consists of some of the following aircraft;
Note: The list contains aircraft which are still being operated. Five Airbus A310-300 were also ordered in the late 1980s but war related sanctions prevented Iraq from receiving them and they were never delivered. In July 2008, Airbus Industrie sales chief John Leahy ordered the deal removed from its backlog in response to an inquiry from Reuters about the long-forgotten deal at the 2008 Farnborough Airshow. [edit] Incidents and accidentsIraqi Airways has had the following incidents since they began operations in 1945;[23]
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