Iraq Airways resumes Baghdad-Cairo flights (21/10/05)

Iraq Airways is to resume on Thursday its Baghdad-Cairo route which had been halted for by Egyptian authorities for several weeks for security reasons.

This coincides with the arrival of Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa in Baghdad on board a private airplane, heading an Arab League delegation.

Officials at the Iraqi Ministry of Communications said that Iraq Airways would be flying a weekly flight on this route. The departing airplane would be carrying journalists, tourists and officials.

The plane will be welcomed in Cairo by Iraqi Charge d'Affaires Saad Al-Hayyani.

Source: Iraq Directory