Baghdad to Vienna

Austrian Airlines is to reintroduce the Vienna – Baghdad – Vienna route into its schedule after 21 years.  The carrier will operate a total of three flights a week to the Iraqi capital from 8 June.  A two-class Airbus A320 will provide the service.

This will be Austrian’s second destination in Iraq, together with the city of Erbil which it has been flying to since 2004 and is now up to six services per week.  Austrian Airlines originally included the Vienna – Baghdad route in its flight schedule in 1982, but was forced to discontinue its service due to the Kuwait crisis in 1990.  With the additional connection to Baghdad, Austrian Airlines offers flights to 12 destinations in the Middle East.

In spring 2004, Austria also became the first country in Western Europe to conclude a new, liberal and bilateral transport agreement with the Iraqi authorities after the Iraq war.  This was done on the initiative of Austrian Airlines. www.austrian.com

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