Three Iraqi airports suspend Iranian flights starting Friday, sources and state media say
Iraq’s Erbil and Sulaimaniya airports suspended Iranian flights starting on Friday, two sources told Reuters, after other Iraqi airports took the same step earlier in the week. The move means that according to sources and state media, flights to and from Iran are suspended from all four Iraqi airports at which they were operating — Baghdad, Najaf, Erbil and Sulaimaniya. Iraq’s state news agency…
Iraq's Erbil and Sulaimaniya airports have halted Iranian flights starting Friday, according to multiple sources and state media. This marks the suspension of all Iranian flights from the country's four airports - Baghdad, Najaf, Erbil, and Sulaimaniya. Iraq's state news agency confirmed the suspension at Najaf International Airport on Friday morning.
Earlier in the week, Reuters reported that Iraq had ordered its civil aviation authority to cease Iranian flights to Baghdad airport as of Wednesday. The sources suggested at the time that the government was contemplating diverting Iranian flights to Najaf instead. The United Arab Emirates, the Middle East's primary travel hub, also announced on Thursday that it would suspend all flights by Iranian airlines to and from the country until further notice.
Washington had declared it would impose sanctions on any international firms engaging with Iranian airlines following September 23, with the objective of grounding Iran's entire civilian fleet globally.
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