Kuwait Airways said it will resume flights to Iraq on February 5, after suspending operations there following a rocket attack on Baghdad's international airport in late January. Kuwait Airways
Kuwait Airways said it will resume flights to Iraq on February 5, after suspending operations there following a rocket attack on Baghdad's international airport in late January. Kuwait Airways

Kuwait Airways resumes flights to Iraq



Kuwait Airways has resumed commercial flights to Iraq's Najaf city, Kuwait's state news agency Kuna reported.

Services were scheduled to start again on Saturday. Najaf city is about 160 kilometres south of Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Kuwait's flag carrier suspended its service to Iraq on January 28, after a rocket attack on Baghdad International Airport that hit the runway and damaged an aircraft.

The airline said at the time that Kuwait's civil aviation authority had ordered it to suspend flights because of the “current conditions” in Iraq.

Iraq has suffered an increase in violence amid disputes between major political groups as they try to form a government, after a general election last October.

Updated: February 05, 2022, 5:05 PM