Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has confirmed it will commence flights to Basra in southern Iraq from mid-April. Basra becomes the 84th destination in the carrier’s worldwide network and the third city it flies to in Iraq.
Etihad – considered the World’s Leading Airline by the World Travel Awards already operates services to the capital, Baghdad, and Erbil, in the country’s north. “Iraq’s surging economy represents a good opportunity to add even greater depth to our schedule,” Etihad Airways chief executive, James Hogan, said earlier.
“Basra is an important industrial and transport hub but currently has only limited access to air services and we are delighted to be able to help improve these by investing in the local community.”
The new Airbus A320 service, with 16 Pearl Business class seats and 120 seats in Coral Economy class, will operate four times a week from April 15th.
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