Iraqi Airways flies for first time in 14 years
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AMMAN, Jordan Iraq has a fledgling economy, an infant democracy, and now -- an up-and-running airline. Iraqi Airways has resumed international flights for the first time in 14 years.
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The world's biggest jumbo jet landed safely in Sydney on Thursday, completing its long-delayed first commercial flight from Singapore.
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THE first commercial flight between the United States and Vietnam since their war 30 years ago landed yesterday to open a new chapter of cultural and economic exchange between the former foes.
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Iraqi Airways resumed international flights for the first time in 14 years, with a plane taking off Saturday from neighboring Jordan for Baghdad and another leaving the Iraqi capital for Damascus, Syria.
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BAGHDAD : National carrier Iraqi Airways resumed international commercial flights for the first time in 14 years, flying between Amman, Baghdad and Damascus, although with few passengers on board.
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Description: United Airlines begins the first American direct commercial flights to Vietnam. Commentator Andrew Lam, who was on the last cargo plane out of Vietnam at the end of the war 30 years ago, boards
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Gulf Air said Wednesday it was resuming commercial flights to Lebanon, with the first flight scheduled for Saturday.
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An Australian navigator killed when a British military transport plane crashed north of Baghdad was on his last flight in Iraq and planned to return home to Australia this year, his parents said.
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A C130 Hercules plane carrying two French journalists released after a four-month hostage ordeal in Iraq, sits on the runway at the Andreas Papandreou air base in Paphos, Cyprus, December 22, 2004.
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British Mediterranean Airways resumed commercial passenger flights to Beirut on Wednesday, becoming the first Western carrier to break Israel's air blockade of Lebanon.
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United Airlines became the first US carrier to fly to Vietnam since the war ended nearly 30 years ago, marking a new milestone in relations between the former enemies as VIPs on board were greeted at the airport with lotus blossoms and silk lanterns.
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A U.S. passenger jet landed in Vietnam on Friday, the first since the Vietnam War ended nearly 30 years ago.
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London's Heathrow airport resumed normal operations on Saturday, following dramatic scenes two days ago when a British Airways plane carrying 152 people was forced to crash land after losing power.
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Iraq's domestic soccer league kicked  off Wednesday for the first time since American-led forces  invaded the country to oust dictator Saddam Hussein.
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The first commercial flight from the United States to Vietnam since the war nearly 30 years ago has taken off from San Francisco. The new service to Ho Chi Minh City, run by United Airlines, will fly daily.
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BAGHDAD - Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying female employees of Iraqi Airways to the Baghdad airport Thursday, killing one and wounding 14, an airline official said.
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Over 14 million passengers passed through BAA&#39;s seven airports last month in its busiest August ever, Britain&#39;s biggest airport operator said today.