Egyptir Resumes Baghdad Flights after 21 years absence

Egyptir Resumes Baghdad Flights after 21 years absence

EgyptAir is resuming flights to Baghdad Iraq after a 21 year absence. The Egyptian carrier scrapped flights to Iraq following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

 The first Cairo-Baghdad flight  left today with 30 passengers on board. The airline will fly four times a week to Baghdad and three times to Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of Northen Iraq.
EgyptAir will operate the flights to Baghdad every Monday, Thursday and Saturday and the flights to Erbil every Monday, Thursday and Friday by the A320 Aircraft which provides 145 seats.