UTOPIA AIRPORT: IRAQI CIVIL AVIATION IN MARCH 2022

In this post, we are going to have a look on Iraqi civil aviation

IRAQI AIRWAYS

Is the national Airline of the country. It resurrected like the Phenix in 2004 when it started anew flying from Baghdad to Amman on October 3,2004, domestic services resumed in 2005 with flights to Basrah (BSR) and were expanded to include Erbil (EBL)and Sulaymaniyah (ISU).

The company flies extensively from Baghdad (SDA) ,Basrah, Sulayanitah, Najaf (NJF) and Erbil. (see maps)

BAGHDAD hub

BASRAH hub

ERBIL hub

NAJAF hub

SULAYMANIYAH hub

IRAQI AIRWAYS total network length reaches 69027 km

2 Airbus A220-300 fitted with 12C and 130Y seats

from the site https://community.infiniteflight.com/t/iraqi-airways-airbus-a220-300-yi-are/605367/13

3 Airbus A320-300 fitted with 180Y seats

Iraqi Airways Airbus A320-214 at Frankfurt Airport-By tjdarmstadt - IMG_7034.jpg, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=615296342 Airbus A321-200 fitted with 220Y seats

2 Airbus A321-200 fitted with 220Y seats

By Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia - Iraqi Airways, YI-AGS, Airbus A321-231, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74052303

l Airbus A330-200 fitted with 24C and 224Y seats

By Mehmet Mustafa Celik - http://www.airliners.net/photo/Iraqi-Airways/Airbus-A330-202/2617466/L/, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49299910

14 Boeing B737-800 fitted with 12C and 140Y seats

By Rosedale7175 from Norwich, UK - YI-ASH_150702_LGW_7580, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61300838

2 Boeing B747-400 fitted with 74C and 388Y seats

By Rosedale7175 from Norwich, UK - YI-ASH_150702_LGW_7580, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61300838

1 Boeing B777-200LR fitted with 14C and 350Y seats

6 Bombardier CRJ900-ER fitted with 90Y

By Kurush Pawar from Dubai, United Arab Emirates - YI-AQA, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31946550

Pending orders are 3 Airbus A220-300, 16 Boeing 737-800MAX and 10 Boeing 787-8. From the Facebook page of Iraqi Spotter this rendition of the B787-8

OTHER LINKS ON IRAQI AIRWAYS

https://utopiaairport.blogspot.com/2017/03/iraqi-airways-timetable-dated-april-1.html

https://utopiaairport.blogspot.com/2014/06/iraqi-airways-vickers-viscount.html

https://utopiaairport.blogspot.com/2014/06/iraqi-airways-arab-aviation-in-40s-50s.html

https://utopiaairport.blogspot.com/2013/06/hs-trident-1e-iraqi-airways-sindbad.html

FLY BAGHDAD

Is an Iraqi airline based in Baghdad that started operations on 14/02/2017. It is the only Iraqi carrier that flies to Damascus and Karachi, and Lahore (from Najaf). The company maintains a small hub at Erbil and Najaf.

FLY BAGHDAD total network length reaches 26475 km

The fleet consists of:

2 Boeing B737-700 fitted with 148Y seats

2 Boeing B737-800 fitted with 189Y seats

1 Boeing B737-900ER fitted with 215Y seats

1 Bombardier CRJ200-ER fitted with 50Y sears

from the Facebook page of the company

BOEING B737-73V

BOEING B737-8GJ

FLY ERBIL/UR AIRLINES

The carrier is the first Kurdish airlines established in Erbil in 2015 but started operations on 2018 with a flight from Erbil to Rotterdam via Kiev

UR Airlines

is an international airline based in and services are operated on behalf of FLYERBIL from Erbil Some flights from Erbil are operated by GETJET Airlines using the UR Airlines IATA and ICAO codes.

According to planespotters.net , the fleet consists of

1 Boeing B737-319 YI-BAU

1 Boeing B737-48E YI-AQS

From the company's Facebook page

The airline flies to some regional destinations but it focuses on services to Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands where an important Κurdish community lives. Flights to Paris are due to start during 2022