Iraq to launch direct flight to China

ARBIL, Iraq, April 3 (Xinhua) -- An Iraqi private company will launch a direct weekly flight between Iraq and China, a senior official of the state-run Iraqi Airways told Xinhua on Monday.
"The Iraqi State Enterprise for civil flight has authorized the Rafidain Company to operate weekly flights from Baghdad to Guangzhou, a city in southern China," said Zaid al-Sarraf, deputy director general of the Iraqi Airways.

Sarraf believed that direct flights will enhance bilateral economic ties as many Iraqi businessmen now have to fly to China via a third country.

He said the two-way ticket from Baghdad to Guangzhou would cost 1,300 U.S. dollars and the one-way ticket would be 700 dollars.

Sarraf expected the flights will commence soon since over 75 percent of the preparation work has been completed.

Iraqi Airways used to operate a weekly flight between Baghdad and Beijing, capital of China until the Gulf war in 1990. Enditem

Xinhua

The Kurds strike again. People are always burning on the Kurds, calling Kurdistan all kinds of names like a thugdom and such, but they just keep moving forward and it does not look like nothing is going to hold them back.
Unfortunately I think that this success is going to make Kurdistan a prime target for the terrorist and the insurgency. They are just not going to sit by as Baghdad burns and Arbil flies the friendly skies.

Expect trouble in Kurdistan soon.