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BAGHDAD, April 3 (KUNA) -- Jazeera Airways will start operating return
flights between Kuwait and Iraq in two weeks' time after an agreement signed
between the Kuwaiti airline and the Iraqi aviation authority.
The agreement is seen by the Iraqi Transport Ministry's legal advisor Karim
Al-Nouri as an end to pending issues between the two countries and a result of
positive discussions.
The airline announced last month that it was planning to start operating
flights to the holy city of Najaf, in addition to a number of cities like
Mosul, Irbil and Baghdad.
Privately-owned Jazeera Airways, founded in 2005, operates the largest
number of flights from Kuwait to destinations in the Middle East. With a fleet
of 12 Airbus 320s, it transported 1.2 million passengers in 2011 from Kuwait
International Airport. (end)
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