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Bassora opens to civil air traffic

Baghdad, Iraq - Tomorrow first Qatar flight

Bassora International Airport, South of Iraq, will be re-opened officially tomorrow for the civil air traffic and the first plane landing there will be a Qatar Airways aircraft arriving from Doha. The flight, scheduled initially for the end of August, was the delayed to tomorrow because of the adjustments coalition forces made to improve airport structures. The flight will run weekly on Saturday:...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 52458
Rome, Italy, 09/05/2003 11:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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