Turkey: Flight ban on Sulaymaniyah, Iraq to end Friday
Turkey’s transport minister says Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Iraqi airport with seven flights a week
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ANKARA
A ban on flights to Sulaymaniyah, Iraq will be lifted on Friday, Turkey’s transport and infrastructure minister said on Wednesday.
"Turkish Airlines will resume its flights from Istanbul to Sulaymaniyah, seven flights a week," Cahit Turhan told Anadolu Agency.
On Sept. 29, 2017, Iraq’s central government imposed a ban on all international flights into and out of the Kurdish region.
The ban against Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports came in response to the Sept. 25,
"Our country issued a NOTAM [Notice to Airmen] on Oct. 17,
He recalled that Iraqi officials removed the ban on March 15,
"Thus we resumed flights to Erbil from Turkey, but