New Delhi: India and Iraq will resume direct flights which were stopped during the first Gulf War two decades ago, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported official sources as saying Thursday.
The aviation authorities of the two countries, which were in talks for over the past few months, have decided to launch these flights from the coming Sunday, the sources said.
Iraq government has designated its national carrier Iraqi Airways, which would operate two flights each to Delhi and Mumbai every week from Baghdad.
India is yet to take a final decision on designating any carrier that would fly to Iraq, they said.
The sources said India was keen to have direct flights to the Iraqi religious city of Karbala and not just to Baghdad.
A bilateral air services agreement was first signed between the two countries in 1955.
10/02/12 Bernama/brunei fm
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