Saturday, February 25, 2006

Aviation: Austrian Airlines postpones start of service to northern Iraq

Austrian Airlines has postponed indefinitely its plans to start scheduled flights from Vienna to Arbil in northern Iraq. The Airline released a statement saying that "the delay was due to a new review of the circumstances, which had led to fresh concerns about the start of the service."

The planned service would have made Austrian Airlines, the first European airline with a regular service to Iraq.