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Iraqi Airways

Iraqi Airways Director General and Chairman of the Board, Capt. Kifah H. Jabbar
Iraqi Airways Director General and Chairman of the Board, Capt. Kifah H. Jabbar
IATA Code
IA
ICAO Code
IAW
Corporate Address
Iraqi Airways
Baghdad International Airport
Baghdad
Iraq
Website
http://www.iraqiairways.co.uk
Country
Iraq
Business model
Full Service Carrier

Founded in 1945, Iraqi Airways is one of the oldest airlines in the Middle East. The carrier is the national airline of Iraq and wholly owned by the Iraqi Government. Based at Baghdad International Airport, Iraqi Airways operates domestic service as well as services to destinations in the Middle East and Europe.


 
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Wataniya cancels four routes, pulls back on a fifth

6-Dec-10 9:52 AM

Kuwait-based premium carrier Wataniya Airways announced it plans to suspend services to Amman, Bahrain, Damascus and Jeddah and reduce the frequency of operations to Dubai. In a major downsizing, the carrier’s fleet will be cut from seven to four aircraft, and it is studying options to cut its workforce. The changes will commence from 05-Dec-2010.

European and Middle East carriers fighting for market share on Europe-Middle East route

28-Oct-10 5:07 PM

European carriers are becoming increasingly concerned by the Middle East airline threat on their core international businesses. CEOs from British Airways, Air France and Lufthansa have all voiced their opinions lately, as Middle East airlines continue to expand their global networks. But the European flag carriers are not standing idly by. Several are rapidly expanding their presence in the Middle East, to maintain and/or grow their share of this promising market. Emirates is the clear market leader, with a 21.0% share of capacity on Middle East-Europe routes. Qatar Airways is the second largest, with 8.7%, while Lufthansa, British Airways and Air France have just 5.6%, 3.5% and 2.7% shares, respectively.

AACO , Teffaha Pi Global Alliances in the Middle East: not fertile territory

2-Aug-10 5:29 PM

The interests of airlines based in the Middle East are addressed by an organization known as AACO, Arab Air Carriers Association. Among regional carrier groups, AACO is unusual; only two of the group's airlines are affiliated with one of the three global Alliances; Star claims Egyptair and Royal Jordanian is in oneworld. Furthermore, the number of passengers attributable to those two carriers in 2009 is roughly 9.5 million, meaning that less than 10% of the region’s passengers travel on alliance affiliated carriers. And there appears to be only limited scope for this situation to change in the near future, as this overview reports.

Gulf Air CEO, Samer Majali Gulf Air at a critical point in its evolution

29-Jun-10 4:25 PM

Gulf Air is no stranger to challenges. From a regional airline, with multiple government ownership providing a global service, its national owners have gradually peeled off and started their own flag carriers, each much better funded than Gulf Air; the airline has, meanwhile, been wracked by political intervention, a flaw which became magnified as its financial fortunes dimmed.

Gulf Air CEO, Samer Majali Outlook 2010 for second tier Middle East airlines

4-Mar-10 11:25 AM

Aviation headlines in the Middle East tend to be dominated by the ambitious sixth freedom hub players (the ‘Big Three’: Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways). However, there are some major developments at the second tier full service carriers in the region, such as Oman Air, Royal Jordanian, Gulf Air and Middle East Airlines, as featured in this report. These carriers are reshaping competition in and beyond the region and are being reshaped themselves by dynamic change in the Middle East.

Airbus and Boeing forecast continued strong ordering in the Middle East

30-Sep-09 4:50 PM

There is little doubt that the Middle East will become a centre of increasing importance in aviation over the next 20 years. The confluence of economic growth, local governments with ambitious air transport development plans and its favourable geographic location are fast turning the region into a next generation global long-haul hub. Long-term forecasts from Airbus and Boeing put the region’s RPK growth for the next two decades at 6.6-6.9% p/a, better than a third ahead of the world average forecast of 4.7-4.9% p/a. With this amazing development expected, the Middle East is taking on increasing importance to the major aircraft manufacturers. Both Airbus and Boeing have released updated global market outlooks, forecasting continued significant ordering from the region.

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