Emirates (EK, Dubai International) is to resume scheduled services to Baghdad on March 1 following a 5 week suspension. The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) recently lifted a moratorium on flights to the Iraqi capital, enforced after a flydubai (FZ, Dubai International) B737-800 was fired on while on approach into the airport in late January.
Emirates will resume its 6x weekly service operated on board 3-class A330-200 aircraft.
Thus far, Air Arabia (G9, Sharjah) and flydubai have resumed their respective services to Baghdad with Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi International) expected to follow suit in due course.
