Flights over Iraq?
Aug 12, 2008, 7:39 am
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Aug 12, 2008, 10:02 am
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I remember earlier threads on this topic.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ghts+over+iraq
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ghts+over+iraq
I know I've flown with EK over Iraq from Dubai to the UK and I am sure they do on the way to many other destinations in Europe.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ghts+over+iraq
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ghts+over+iraq
I know I've flown with EK over Iraq from Dubai to the UK and I am sure they do on the way to many other destinations in Europe.
Aug 12, 2008, 11:26 am
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Here's a pic of the video map that I took during my ORD-DEL. Close, but not quite Iraq.
Last edited by AAJetMan; Aug 12, 2008 at 11:44 am
Aug 12, 2008, 12:30 pm
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Here's a pic of the video map that I took during my ORD-DEL. Close, but not quite Iraq.
I have found a quite good source for real flight plans and figured, that indeed civil airliners are crossing the iraqi airspace. I found a KLM flight plan crossing just north of Bagdhad.
Thanks everybody for your input!
Aug 12, 2008, 12:40 pm
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Just checked your location AAJetMan. Must have been somewhere near the russian city of Orsk. Sorry buddy, but thatīs roughly some 1000nm away from the iraqi border. I would not consider this "close"
I have found a quite good source for real flight plans and figured, that indeed civil airliners are crossing the iraqi airspace. I found a KLM flight plan crossing just north of Bagdhad.
Thanks everybody for your input!
I have found a quite good source for real flight plans and figured, that indeed civil airliners are crossing the iraqi airspace. I found a KLM flight plan crossing just north of Bagdhad.
Thanks everybody for your input!
Aug 12, 2008, 1:02 pm
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Not sure if it's relevant to your questions, but just so you're aware, there are daily flights into and out of Iraq from Jordan and Turkey.
Erbil, Sulimaniyah and Baghdad are all operating as functional international airports.
Erbil, Sulimaniyah and Baghdad are all operating as functional international airports.
Aug 12, 2008, 2:13 pm
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Welcome to Flyer Talk EBA 
Right - some FTers
have flown into Iraq on commercial flights. Currently there is Royal Jordanian Airlines Amman to Baghdad, or Austrian Airlines Vienna to Erbil.
See my Erbil flight report here
Right - some FTers
have flown into Iraq on commercial flights. Currently there is Royal Jordanian Airlines Amman to Baghdad, or Austrian Airlines Vienna to Erbil.See my Erbil flight report here
Aug 12, 2008, 7:07 pm
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I've had a few. I've been working in Saudi Arabia for the past year, and have flown over Iraq from both Dammam and Bahrain to transit in Frankfurt or Amsterdam on my way home to the States.
Aug 12, 2008, 9:26 pm
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Flew right over Baghdad on LHR-DXB in May
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procgtaser...6100UZOWzhu3Yy
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procgtaser...6100UZOWzhu3Yy