Iraqi Airways cooperates with IATA to lift EU ban
In a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), the spokesperson of the Iraqi Transport Ministry, Maitham Al-Safi, said that swift actions are being made to accelerate the removal of the restriction in collaboration with the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Al-Safi explained that the most recent initiatives involve an agreement between Iraqi Airways and an IATA team specializing in removing the ban.
In February, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, and a delegation from IATA reviewed the progress made in completing the measures introduced by the committee tasked with achieving the conditions required for lifting the embargo.
IATA's Regional Vice President, Kamil Al-Awadi, stated that Iraq has completed 56 percent of the corrective strategy, illustrating that the work is progressing according to schedule.
The country's flag carrier has had major issues for almost a decade, with the European Union (EU) extending a ban on its flights owing to failure to comply with IATA's global aviation safety requirements.
In June 2024, Al-Sudani emphasized the need to meet the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and IATA as quickly as possible, confirming that lifting the ban imposed on Iraqi Airways is one of the priorities on the government's agenda.
The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) confirmed earlier that committing to international standards will help lift the ban imposed by the EU on Iraqi Airways.
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