RIYADH: Saudi Arabian Airlines will launch its first flight to Baghdad in 27 years on Monday, state media said.
The airline, also known as Saudia, will depart from the Red Sea city of Jeddah barely two weeks after Saudi budget carrier flynas made the first commercial flight from Riyadh to Baghdad since 1990.
“Saudi Arabian Airlines will inaugurate regular flights between Saudi Arabia and Iraq after an interruption of 27 years,” the official Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday.
“The resumption of flights is in line with growing ties between the two brotherly countries.”
Flights between Iraq and Saudi Arabia were suspended in August 1990 after former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein ordered his troops into neighboring Kuwait.
Earlier this month Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and Saudi Arabia's King Salman held the first meeting of the joint Saudi-Iraqi coordination council, which is aimed at upgrading strategic ties.
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Saudi Airlines to operate first Baghdad flight in 27 years
Saudi Airlines to operate first Baghdad flight in 27 years
Saudia resumes some flights to Dubai from Riyadh and Jeddah
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's national carrier Saudia will partially resume operations to Dubai from Saturday, the airline announced on Friday.
The airline will run outbound and inbound flights from Riyadh and Jeddah to the emirate.
The flights will initially operate on a limited schedule with additional services expected to be restored, the airline said.
After the Iran conflict started last weekend, Saudia Airlines suspended flights to Amman, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha, Bahrain, Moscow and Peshawar.
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