Emirates airline restart flights to Baghdad

Dubai’s Emirates airline on Sunday resumed flights to Baghdad after a 20-year hiatus, when an Airbus A-330 landed at the Iraqi capital’s airport, a transport ministry statement said.I insisted on opening this line in order to strengthen the links between the two brotherly countries after a suspension of at least two decades, due to the policies of the former regime of Saddam Hussein, Transport Ministry Hadi Al Amari said in the statement. Iraqis travelling on Emirates from Baghdad are to receive a free visa to the UAE for a one month period. According to Emirates’ website, there will be four flights between Baghdad and Dubai per week. Emirates has flown to the south Iraq port city of Basra since February.