Just in Time for the Summer Tourist Season

BBC

The first scheduled passenger flight between the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Basra has taken place.
Some 42 passengers made the 50-minute trip from the Iraqi capital to the southern city, including airways officials and the transport minister.




Iraqi Airways intends to operate four flights a week on the route.

Airline officials are encouraging the public to use the flight, which avoids a six-to-seven hour drive through dangerous parts of the country.