How Iran war is reshaping global aviationThe war in Iran has disrupted air travel, impacting Middle East airlines. Western carriers like Lufthansa and British Airways are seizing t...
04 Apr, 2026, 02.28 PM IST
Air New Zealand to cut flights as fuel price surge wreaks havoc on travelAir New Zealand is reducing flights by five percent until early May. This move impacts services to rural areas. The Iran war has caused jet...
12 Mar, 2026, 10.29 AM IST
European airlines continue to avoid Iran and Iraq despite airspace reopeningEuropean airlines rerouted flights over Afghanistan and Central Asia to avoid Iranian and Iraqi airspace due to geopolitical tensions. Desp...
16 Jan, 2026, 11.39 AM IST
Airlines continue to avoid Iran and Iraq despite airspace reopeningMiddle East tensions prompt airlines like Wizz Air and Lufthansa to avoid Iraqi and Iranian airspace, with flights rerouted over Afghanista...
15 Jan, 2026, 05.18 PM IST
West Asian countries close airspace, airlines forced to cancel flightsIsrael's El Al Airlines said it had suspended flights to and from Israel as did Air France KLM and budget carriers Ryanair and Wizz. Wizz s...
14 Jun, 2025, 12.27 AM IST
Airlines suspend flights as Middle East tensions riseInternational airlines have suspended or adjusted flights to the Middle East due to rising conflict concerns. Many airlines, including Aege...
16 Aug, 2024, 04.18 PM IST
Rockets hit Baghdad airport compound, disused civilian plane damaged - policeThe police sources did not report any other damage or any injuries. The damaged aircraft was an out of use Iraqi Airways plane, they said.
28 Jan, 2022, 02.15 PM IST
110 pilgrims stopped from boarding Iraq flight in MumbaiThose who had cleared immigration were brought back from the boarding gates as airport officials asked the airline to stop issuing passes p...
12 Jan, 2020, 10.34 AM IST
Gulf carriers re-routing to avoid northern Iraqi airspaceThis change will apply until further information becomes available as the national carrier continues to monitor the situation closely.
11 Aug, 2014, 02.02 PM IST
Over 180 Indians return from Iraq, 39 still in captivityMore than 180 Indians returned today from Basrah via Iraqi Airways flight, taking the no. of people who have come back from Iraq to over 3,...
21 Jul, 2014, 06.34 PM IST
200 more Indians return from conflict-hit IraqWith the arrival of the fresh batch, the total number of Indians who have returned from the war-torn country crosses 2,500.
15 Jul, 2014, 05.23 PM IST
2,200 more Indians want to leave Iraq: MEAAs the momentum of evacuation picked up, the facilitation process of transporting Indian nationals from Iraq is focused on the non conflict...
06 Jul, 2014, 06.02 PM IST
Nearly 600 Indian nationals to come back from Iraq by MondayNearly 600 Indian nationals will come back from Iraq over the next two days of whom 200 will return by an Iraqi Airways special chartered f...
06 Jul, 2014, 01.02 AM IST
More global carriers like Air China, Virgin and others plan to spread wings in IndiaThe rough weather in the aviation industry in India doesn’t seem to have deterred ventures by foreign carriers.
26 May, 2012, 06.11 AM IST
- Baghdad to wind up Iraqi Airways amid Kuwait row
Baghdad has decided to close down state-owned Iraqi Airways in the face of a decades-old financial dispute with neighbouring Kuwait that pr...
26 May, 2010, 03.48 PM IST
- New hotel rises on hopes for Iraqi business boom
Investing in Iraq is still considered by many to be wildly risky, but Tad Robinette, the project director of a newly built hotel-office com...
08 Nov, 2008, 07.52 AM IST
- Iraq, Boeing sign $5.5 bn aircraft deal
Iraq said on Monday it has signed a contract worth $5.5 billion with Boeing to buy 40 new aircraft, with an option to purchase 15 more.
31 Mar, 2008, 08.15 PM IST