Kuwait Airways halts Iraq flights

The decision comes in line with instructions issued by Kuwait’s civil aviation authority

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By Agencies

Published: Sun 30 Jan 2022, 12:35 AM

Kuwait Airways suspended its flights to Iraq due to “the current situation there”, the Gulf country’s flag carrier said in a Twitter post on Saturday.

The decision comes in line with instructions issued by Kuwait’s civil aviation authority, Kuwait Airways added.

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Several rockets landed in Iraq’s Baghdad International Airport compound on Friday, damaging an out-of-service Boeing 767 belonging to state-owned Iraqi Airways.

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Published: Sun 30 Jan 2022, 12:35 AM

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