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9/10/2016 14:33
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Long-Presse / Baghdad
Revealed a senior source in the Ministry of Transport, that the functions airline Iraq company approved the Ministry of Transport on the recently established, will monopolize flights from Iraq to Europe during the next term, and among the Iraqi Airways company will be dedicated to regional transport, pointed out that a large proportion of the company’s shares It will be for shareholders.
The source said, in an interview to the (long-Presse), “The work of the airline Iraq, which voted by the ministry opinion Authority, on the first Friday, is still under study study and research in order to develop accurate with details,” stressing that “the airline Iraq will replace Airways Iraqi air to operate flights to European countries and will be allocated to the Iraqi Airways to operate regional transport. “
The source indicated that “Iraqi Airways where problems and indicators in the European Union was on the basis of stop flights to Europe and difficult to resolve these problems now so experts suggested the establishment of another company,” noting that “the new company’s establishment will not affect the work of other national carriers “.
The source, who asked not to be named, said that “the idea is currently in the proportion of the new company to the state and the largest percentage of the shareholders are,” pointing out that “the ministry has plans to create a subsistence Corp. and ground services company air cargo as is the case in which the countries of the world instead of relying on foreign companies. “
The Ministry of Transport announced, the (7 October 2016) the founding airline Iraq air carrier, and as pointed out Overture aviation University US for “activating twinning” with the ministry, has invited airline companies to global order to benefit and exchange of experiences.
Iraq will be the airline company and the Ministry of Transport announced that its foundation is the “second government company” to fly in Iraq after Iraqi Airways which dates its founding to the thirties of the last century.
The history of the founding of the Iraqi Airways “Green Bird” due to (18 May 1938), when it recommended the Iraqi Aeronautical Society on the purchase of three aircraft type (Darkin Rapid), in aircraft factories (De Havilland), has reached Baghdad Saturday (first October 1938), and a domestic trips and to neighboring countries.
Iraq had possessed more than 20 civilian aircraft Ilyushin Russian (Eastern Fleet), an Iraqi Airways prior to 1991, were destroyed, mostly in Desert Storm, and the transfer of the other part of them to neighboring countries during the period of sanctions.
Iraq signed in May 2008, the first two decades with the company (Boeing) US to buy 40 aircraft, and the second with the company (Bombardier) Canadian, to buy ten aircraft, while the Ministry of Finance showed that the total value of the two contracts amounting to five billion dollars.
Iraq and received since the end of 2012 until the month of October of 2015, a number of Boeing aircraft within the site with the company’s contract and that it is hoped that the end of the year end 2018, also received a Bombardier aircraft CRJ900 over the past years, bringing the number of its fleet of aircraft about 32 aircraft belonging to Iraqi Airways.
The Ministry of Transport announced (20 March 2015) received the new aircraft from Boeing under the contract signed between Iraq and the company during the year 2008, while confirming that the Iraqi Airways fleet currently consists of 28 aircraft.
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