Shafaq News- Baghdad
1,346 aircraft crossed Iraqi airspace in June, alongsidemore than 6,600 arriving and departing civilian flights across the country'sairports, Iraq's Ministry of Transport announced on Thursday.
The Iraqi General Companyfor Air Navigation Services recorded 3,311 arriving civilian flights, includingdomestic and international services, and 3,347 departing civilian flights.
According to official statistics, BaghdadInternational Airport handled the highest volume of traffic, recording 1,570arriving flights and 1,576 departing flights. Erbil International Airport, inthe Kurdistan Region of Iraq, ranked second with 696 arriving flights and 692departing flights. Najaf International Airport recorded 507 arriving flightsand 513 departing flights, while Basra International Airport handled 258arriving flights and 288 departing flights. Al-Sulaymaniyah InternationalAirport registered 146 arriving flights and the same number of departures. KirkukInternational Airport recorded 134 arriving flights and 132 departing flights.
On June 8, the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority announced thereopening of Iraqi airspace to flights operating to and from all Iraqi airportsand the resumption of air traffic under approved operational procedures. Theairspace had been closed following the outbreak of the US-Israel war against Iran,which prompted Iraq to suspend air traffic as a precautionary measure.
