RIYADH: Saudi Airlines inaugurates its first flight to the Iraqi capital Baghdad on 30 October 2017 according to Sabq. This will be the first flight after 27 years of interruption.

The Saudi chargé d’affaires in Baghdad, Abdul Aziz Al-Shammari, had previously confirmed that over 20 weekly flights will be operating between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

On Wednesday, Saudi Arabian budget airline, Flynas, made the first direct flight from the kingdom to Iraq since 1990.

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