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Gulf Air suspends flights to Baghdad

MANAMA, January 29, 2015

Gulf Air has suspended all flights to Iraq's capital Baghdad until further notice, it announced yesterday.

The move follows an incident on Tuesday, when a FlyDubai aircraft carrying 154 passengers was shot at while landing at Baghdad International Airport.

Gulf Air had cancelled a flight bound for Baghdad in response to the shooting and the airline has now confirmed that no flight will leave for the Iraqi capital from Bahrain until at least next week, a Gulf Daily News report said.

'We have suspended our flights to Baghdad until further notice, while we continue to evaluate the security situation,' an airline spokeswoman said.

Gulf Air usually operates three weekly flights to the Iraqi capital '“ on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Its daily flights to the Iraqi city of Najaf, south of Baghdad, are unaffected. Passengers already booked on flights bound for Baghdad are requested to contact Gulf Air so that alternative arrangements can be made, the spokeswoman added. - TradeArabia News Service




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