Kurdistan Airlines

Kurdistan Airlines
Founded	2004
Ceased operations	2010
Hubs	Erbil International Airport
Parent company	Commercial Office of Kurdistan Region Iraq (L.L.C)
Headquarters	Dubai, UAE
Key people	Yahya M. Ali (General Manager)
Website	http://www.kurdistanairlines.tripod.com/

Kurdistan Airlines A.K.A Kurdish Airlines was a Kurdish airline based in the United Arab Emirates.

History

The first flight of Kurdistan Airlines (Commercial Office of Kurdistan Region Iraq (L.L.C)) landed in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq on July 21, 2005, at 10:30 am (0630 GMT) carrying 46 Iraqi and Kurdish businessmen from Dubai, UAE.^[1]

The establishment of Kurdistan Airlines was announced by a press release on 2 August 2005 by the Commercial Office of Kurdistan Region Iraq in Dubai, UAE.^[2]

On 7 August 2005 Dnata Agencies was appointed General Sales Agent (GSA) for Kurdistan Airlines in the Persian Gulf region.^[3]

The first Kurdistan Airlines revenue flight, flying from Frankfurt to Erbil arrived at Erbil airport at 6:30 a.m on September 20, 2005, with 40 passengers on board.^[4]

On July 14, 2006, it was reported that a Kurdistan Airlines aircraft was stranded in Rafic Hariri International Airport Beirut, Lebanon during the 2006 Lebanon War.^[5]

As of 2010, the airline had no aircraft and thus is now inactive.

Headquarters

The company's headquarters were located at Warba Centre in Dubai, UAE Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Fleet

As of December 2010, Kurdistan Airlines had formerly owned one Boeing 737-200 aircraft, however it has since been re-registered with Imperial Jet, effectively rendering the airline inactive.

Notes

^ DBX Kurdistan^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Kurdmedia^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Emirates Group Archived 2007-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
^ Kurdistan Tourism Archived 2007-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ Kurdmedia Archived 2006-08-19 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Kurdistan Airlines Website (now defunct)

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[1] DBX Kurdistan^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Kurdmedia^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Emirates Group Archived 2007-10-19 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Kurdistan Tourism Archived 2007-01-07 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Kurdmedia Archived 2006-08-19 at the Wayback Machine

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