Iraqi Kurdistan to purchase passenger airliners

As the promised date for the inauguration of Irbil Airport is approaching, the regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan is close to a completed deal on purchasing or leasing 24 airliners, the Irbil based weekly Media reports.

According to Media, the airliners, that are set to connect Iraqi Kurdistan to the outside world, will be purchased in cooperation with “a number” of Kurdish entrepreneurs.

Mean while the construction of the temporary Irbil Airport has been completed and the Airport, according to Kurdish officials, is fully equipped to receive flights from abroad. Reports say that Turkey has giving green light for a starting of flights from its airports to Iraqi Kurdistan for ‘humanitarian purposes.’

In his last visit to Ankara the Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani indicated that the Kurdish airport would likely be in full swing by the end of November this year. Sources say that the starting of the airport will be giving rise to more than 5000 occupations and will have a notable affect on the financial market in the region. The construction of the permanent airport in Irbil is set to be completed in three years time, Kurdish sources say.

Fonte: Peyamner.com - 13/11/2004