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Old Apr 20th 2003 | 10:10 am
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R J Carpenter
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"Bill" wrote in message
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    > Which major international airlines offer daily service into Baghdad
    > other than the US Air Force?

BA are talking about resuming service.
 
Old Apr 20th 2003 | 10:22 am
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Which major international airlines offer daily service into Baghdad
other than the US Air Force?
 
Old Apr 20th 2003 | 12:01 pm
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Charles Hawtrey
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On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 22:22:49 GMT, Bill
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    >Which major international airlines offer daily service into Baghdad
    >other than the US Air Force?

Possibly the RAF?

Other than that, none at the moment.
 
Old Apr 20th 2003 | 8:02 pm
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David Horne
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R J Carpenter wrote:

    > "Bill" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
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    > > Which major international airlines offer daily service into Baghdad
    > > other than the US Air Force?
    >
    > BA are talking about resuming service.

And Richard Branson was talking about Virgin starting it.

David

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Old Apr 21st 2003 | 10:30 pm
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"Charles Hawtrey" wrote in message
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    > On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 22:22:49 GMT, Bill
    > wrote:
    > >Which major international airlines offer daily service into Baghdad
    > >other than the US Air Force?
    > Possibly the RAF?
    > Other than that, none at the moment.
The bombing put out of action all navigational aids and instrument landing
locators, essential for commercial airliners to operate in and out of
Baghdad International. And the main runaway has only been patched up, and
needs a complete rebuilt. What with the lack of infrastructure and essential
services, we'll be waiting a long time before a commercial service is
resumed. Currently virtually the only way into Baghdad is by road from
Kuwait, and it's patrolled by British and US forces, and you'll need
clearance from them. And as Foreign Office has said, 'We have no consular
service in Iraq'.

Alec
 

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