Iraqi Airways Company, operating as Iraqi Airways is the national carrier of Iraq, headquartered in Baghdad One of the oldest airlines in the Middle East, Iraqi Airways operates 5 domestic and 10 international routes in Africa, Asia and Europe since having resumed operations in 2003, 7 others were suspended in between. The airline was said to have ceased operations on 26 May 2010, partly due to claims for compensation from Kuwait arising out of the First Gulf War, but continues to operate domestic and regional routes till today.
Iraqi Airways was founded in 1945 and is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization. They operated the first flight on 29 January 1946, ever since they expanded into a global airline covering a wide network of destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America prior to the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war as well as the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, ensuing sanctions brought the airline's services to a halt, random charters for Hajj were operated in defiance during the 90s.
The destination list shows airports that are served by Iraqi Airways as part of its regular scheduled passenger services. The list includes the city and country name; the airport codes of the International Air Transport Association (IATA airport code) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO airport code); the airport name; additionally, there are labels for airports that are the airline's base and terminated stations
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City | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Refs |
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Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | AUH | OMAA | Abu Dhabi International Airport | |
Adana | Turkey | ADA | LTAF | Adana Airport | |
Aleppo | Syria | ALP | OSAP | Aleppo Airport | |
Algiers | Algeria | ALG | DAAG | Houari Boumediene Airport | |
Amman | Jordan | AMM | OJAI | Queen Alia International Airport | |
Ankara | Turkey | ESB | LTAC | Esenboğa International Airport | |
Antalya | Turkey | AYT | LTAI | Antalya Airport | |
Amsterdam | Netherlands | AMS | EHAM | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | |
Athens | Greece | ATH | LGAV | Athens International Airport | |
Baghdad | Iraq | BGW | ORBI | Baghdad International Airport | |
Bahrain | Bahrain | BAH | OBBI | Bahrain International Airport | |
Bangkok | Thailand | BKK | VTBS | Don Mueang Airport | |
Basel Mulhouse |
Switzerland France |
BSL | LFSB | EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg | |
Basra | Iraq | BSR | ORMM | Basra International Airport | |
Beijing | China | PEK | ZBAA | Capital International Airport | |
Beirut | Lebanon | BEY | OLBA | Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport | |
Belgrade | Serbia | BEG | LYBE | Belgrade Airport | |
Berlin | Germany | SXF | EDDB | Schonefeld Airport | |
Brussels | Belgium | BRU | EBBR | Brussels Airport | |
Bucharest | Romania | OTP | LROP | Henri Coandă International Airport | |
Budapest | Hungary | BUD | LHBP | Budapest Ferihegy International Airport | |
Cairo | Egypt | CAI | HECA | Cairo International Airport | |
Casablanca | Morocco | CMN | GMMI | Mohammed V International Airport | |
Copenhagen | Denmark | CPH | EKCH | Copenhagen Airport | |
Damascus | Syria | DAM | OSDI | Damascus International Airport | |
Delhi | India | DEL | VIDP | Indira Gandhi International Airport | |
Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | RUH | OERK | King Khalid International Airport | |
Dhaka | Bangladesh | DAC | VGZR | Zia International Airport | |
Doha | Qatar | DOH | OTBD | Doha International Airport | |
Dubai | United Arab Emirates | DXB | OMDB | Dubai International Airport | |
Düsseldorf | Germany | DUS | EDDL | Düsseldorf International Airport | |
Erbil | Iraq | EBL | ORER | Erbil International Airport | |
Frankfurt | Germany | FRA | EDDF | Frankfurt Airport | |
Geneva | Switzerland | GVA | LSGG | Geneva International Airport | |
Hanoi | Vietnam | HAN | VVNB | Noi Bai International Airport | |
Isfahan | Iran | IFN | OIFM | Isfahan International Airport | |
Istanbul | Turkey | IST | LTBA | Ataturk International Airport | |
Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | JED | OEJN | King Abdul Aziz International Airport | |
Karachi | Pakistan | KHI | OPKC | Jinnah International Airport | |
Khartoum | Sudan | KRT | HSSS | Khartoum International Airport | |
Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | KUL | WMKK | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | |
Kutaisi | Georgia | KUT | UGKO | Kutaisi International Airport | |
Kuwait | Kuwait | KWI | OKBK | Kuwait International Airport | |
Larnaca | Cyprus | LCA | LCLK | Larnaca International Airport | |
Lisbon | Portugal | LIS | LPPT | Portela International Airport | |
London | United Kingdom | LGW | EGKK | Gatwick Airport | |
London | United Kingdom | LHR | EGLL | London Heathrow Airport | |
Madrid | Spain | MAD | LEMD | Barajas Airport | |
Mashhad | Iran | MHD | OIMM | Mashhad International Airport | |
Milan | Italy | LIN | LIML | Linate Airport | |
Moscow | Russia | DME | UUDD | Sheremetyevo International Airport | |
Mosul | Iraq | OSM | ORBM | Mosul International Airport | |
Mumbai | India | BOM | VIBS | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | |
Munich | Germany | MUC | EDDM | Munich Airport | |
Najaf | Iraq | NJF | ORNI | Al Najaf International Airport | |
Nouakchott | Mauritania | NKC | GQNN | Nouakchott International Airport | |
Paris | France | ORY | LFPO | Orly Airport | |
Prague | Czech Republic | PRG | LKPR | Prague Ruzyně Airport | |
Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | GIG | SBGL | Galeao International Airport | |
Rome | Italy | FCO | LIRF | Fiumicino Airport | |
Sana'a | Yemen | SAH | OYSN | Sana'a International Airport | |
Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | SHJ | OMSJ | Sharjah International Airport | |
Sofia | Bulgaria | SOF | LBSF | Sofia Airport | |
Stockholm | Sweden | ARN | ESSA | Stockholm-Arlanda Airport | |
Sulaymaniyah | Iraq | ISU | ORSU | Sulaimaniyah International Airport | |
Tehran | Iran | IKA | OIIE | Imam Khomeini International Airport | |
Tokyo | Japan | NRT | RJAA | Narita International Airport | |
Tripoli | Libya | TIP | HLLT | Tripoli International Airport | |
Tunis | Tunisia | TUN | DTTA | Tunis-Carthage International Airport | |
Vienna | Austria | VIE | LOWW | Vienna International Airport | |
Warsaw | Poland | WAW | EPWA | Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport |
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