PNA - and agencies: start of Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, the conduct of its flights to Baghdad, starting from the beginning of September (September), and the add two points in Iraq to the network, namely, the holy city of Najaf, Irbil in northern Iraq before the end of the month itself.
This comes after they stopped direct flights to Iraq since the war on Iraq, and not to allow a number of airline companies from Jordan, Turkey and South Africa direct flights from Bahrain to Iraq through the airport in Najaf, 2008.
At a time when Iraq is a point of visiting the Bahraini Shiite holy sites in Karbala and Najaf in Iraq, especially in some religious events Korbainip Ashura and Imam Hussein, and others, through writing (Bahrain Dubai Basra) and (Kuwait, Bahrain Basra), for the time being .
It is slated to begin flights to Baghdad to sell on the Internet as of today, the sixth of August 2009, in addition to travel agencies and airline sales offices Gulf.
The company will operate five flights a week to Baghdad using the Airbus A320, to raise the number of flights per day to the trip in the near future, once the necessary conditions for that, according to a company.
The company said in a statement that the inclusion of Iraq as part of Gulf Air's regional network is a logical decision, both in terms of geography or economic, there is clear evidence of the requested direct flights from Bahrain to Iraq and Iraq will be a line to complement the company's flights to and from Europe, particularly London, and will enable the the company's passengers to connect from various destinations in less than two hours through the Kingdom of Bahrain and is currently conducting many of the preparations to start flights to Gulf Air, Najaf, Irbil, the largest city in Iraq by the end of September.
The Chief Executive of Gulf Air, Samer Majali said that the historical evidence of the depth of trade relations, which link between Bahrain and Iraq, as the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain we want to take full advantage of this agreement for the conduct of flights between the two countries, which have been in the last month, we are creating a strong economic relationship and contribute to in the reconstruction of Iraq and to benefit greatly from the rapid growth which will happen in Iraq, the situation at the commercial and cultural.
The decision to resume flights due to the agreement concluded between the Governments of Bahrain and Iraq in the ninth of July (July) the past, which requires agreement by a company, operate 7 weekly flights from Bahrain to Baghdad, and 12 weekly flights to the Iraqi city of Najaf.
The Bahrain has started conducting the first flight free direct several years ago, to Baghdad in June (June) last, on board the ship owned by the KGL Kuwaiti investors from the port of Sheikh Khalifa, was heading to the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr, carrying about 160 passengers, mostly from Bahrain and the eastern region of Saudi Arabia.
The ship "Prince of Hearts" air-conditioned 240-seat tourist class and 102 seats of the first degree, in addition to five private rooms, as well as Kvtiria and prayer rooms and televisions, and other services to passengers during the domestication of the journey takes about 10 hours in a trip, and to "Anhakib" shipping services to the agent is approved for the ship, and going about 33 knots per hour.
The company said in a statement "Anhakib" one of the most important reasons for the operation of the marine non-existence of the airports in Iraq, ready to fly directly to the Arab country, which was difficult to reach easily through the air since the outbreak of the Iraq war - in Iran in 1980, and the high costs , and the desire to serve visitors to the holy places are also the reasons that prompted the company to operate the route.
Resulted in three wars - the Iran-Iraq war, the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and the U.S. war on Iraq, the fragmentation of the infrastructure of Iraq, and preventing millions of people travel to the country, which stands at the gate of the northern Gulf, and cost 145 dinars per trip in economy class, and 160 dinars to the first class. It was about 23 thousand people have traveled to Iraq from Bahrain at the beginning of this year to attend a memorial gathering for Imam Hussein, by flying to Dubai or Kuwait, or Syria before the first plane to go to Iraq ..
Economy - direct flights between Bahrain and Iraq, from September through airports in Baghdad, Irbil, Najaf
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