Iraqi airlines to be opened very soon in Damascus

The London based al-Zaman Arabic daily said on Monday that the Iraqi airline establishment is preparing to open its offices in Damascus shortly and that it started maintenance for these planes and appointed a new director for it.

Maintenance work have already started after work stopped 20 years ago following the boycott of Syrian- Iraqi relations.

A well-informed Syrian source told the paper that the renowned Syrian businessman Abdul Rahman al-Attar was chosen as the agent for the Iraqi airlines in Damascus. The Syrian source added that the actual activities of the offices will start practically after the air sanctions on Iraq will be lifted.

Iraqi sources in Damascus told the paper's correspondent in Damascus that the office will run the arrangements of Iraqi passengers' travels including officials and businessmen through the Syrian airports to the world's cities, adding that maintenance work will be completed within the two coming weeks.