Azerbaijan,Iraq eye to open direct flights

Negotiations between Iraq and Azerbaijan on the opening of direct air links between the two countries are still on-going, Secretary of the Iraqi Embassy in Azerbaijan Jassim Mohammed Ahmed told Trend on Friday.

He said today freight air transport flights are carried out between the countries out six times a week.

"Negotiations are underway to open a representative office of Iraqi Airways in Azerbaijan," Ahmed said.

Azerbaijan and Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding on the possibility of opening direct air links between the two countries in June 2012, Ahmed said.

According to Ahmed, the memorandum was signed by Deputy Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan Fuad Guliyev and CEO of the Civil Aviation Administration of Iraq Nasser Hussain Bandar during the visit of the Iraqi Civil Aviation Administration to the country.

Earlier the embassy said the sides are considering the opening of direct air links between the Azerbaijani cities of Baku, Nakhchivan, Ganja and Gabala and the Iraqi cities of Baghdad, Najaf, Erbil and Basra.


/Trend/