Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air is to open services to Iraq with a link to the city of Najaf.
The airline says it will begin operating the route from Muscat four-times weekly from 15 September.
Oman Air will use Boeing 737-800s for the connection, its first link to Iraq.
It says it is offering the route in response to “significant customer demand”.
Oman Air is aiming to expand its network to 75 destinations by 2020. The new route will take its total to 51.
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Norse Atlantic Airways is expanding its Scandinavian reach by establishing an operation from Stockholm Arlanda next year. It will open a twice-weekly route from Stockholm to Bangkok from the end of October 2025, the beginning of the winter season. Norse uses a fleet of Boeing 787s. The aircraft will be ...
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Israel’s El Al has purchased a Boeing 777 fuselage in order to have spare engines available for its fleet of the twinjet type. The airline disclosed the acquisition as it released third-quarter financial results. El Al says it was purchased from a “foreign company” for a consideration of $7.3 million, ...
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British Airways has pushed back its planned return to Kuala Lumpur until April as part of a trimming of its winter long-haul flight programme due to delivery delays particularly impacting its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s.
