Kuwait airlines resumes Iraq flights


Issue 959 - 29 Nov 2013 | 1 minute read

A Kuwait Airways plane landed in Iraq on 20 November for the first time since the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. State news agency Kuna quoted the director of Najaf airport Mortadha Al-Mousawi as saying the Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) plane carried 100 passengers into the city, most of them visitors to the holy sites. The airline plans two flights a week into Najaf. An Iraq Airways plane landed in Kuwait for the first time since the Gulf War in February (GSN 943/10).

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