flydubai (FZ, Dubai International) along with Emirates (EK, Dubai International) and Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi International) have all suspended their respective services to the Kurdish city of Erbil with immediate effect.
Reuters newswire reports flydubai suspended its flights on March 6 while Emirates did so on March 7. In addition, Emirates has indefinitely deferred its resumption of flights to Baghdad, originally scheduled for March 1. Etihad has also yet to resume services to Baghdad.
Islamic State terrorists last week devastated the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud before moving onto the remains of the 2,000-year-old city of Hatra in northern Iraq.
