Location: Middle East, bordering the Arabian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait
Geography:strategic location on Shatt al Arab waterway and at the head of the Arabian Gulf
Area: total: 437,072 sq km, land: 432,162 sq km, water: 4,910 sq km.
Capital: Baghdad.
Industries: petroleum, chemicals, textiles, leather, construction materials,food processing, fertilizer, metal fabrication/processing.
Languages: Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Turkoman (a Turkish dialect), Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic), Armenian.
National Holiday: Republic Day, July 14 (1958); note - the Government of Iraq has yet to declare an official national holiday but still observes Republic Day.
Currency (Code): New Iraqi dinar (NID) as of 22 January 2004.
Population: 29,671,605 (July 2010 est.).
Labor force: 8.5 million (2008 est.).
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GDP (purchasing power parity):
• $138.8 billion (2011 est.)
• $123.8 billion (2009 est.)
• $509.9 billion (2010 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
•$112.4 billion (2011 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$231.9 billion (2011 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
• 8.9% (2011 est.) (2011 est.)
• 3% (2010 est.)
• 2.9% (2009 est.)
• 7.8% (2008 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
• $4,200 (2011 est.)
• $4,000 (2010 est.)
• $4,000 (2009 est.)
• $3,500 (2008 est.)
Budget:
• Revenues:$91.16 billion (2011 est)
• Expenditures:$75.76 billion (2011 est.)
Exports:
• $79.68 billion (2011 est.)
• $51.76 billion (2010 est.)
• $40.86 billion (2009 est.)
Imports:
• $47.8 billion (2011 est.)
• $43.92 billion (2010 est.)
• $50 billion (2008 est.)
Debt - external:
• $50.79 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
• $52.58 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
• $73 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Military expenditures: 8.6% of GDP (2006)
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Airports: 104
Airports - with paved runways: 75
• Over 3,047 m: 20
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 36
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
• 914 to 1,523 m: 6
• Under 914 m: 8
Airports - with unpaved runways: 29
• Over 3,047 m: 3
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
• 914 to 1,523 m: 13
• Under 914 m: 6
Heliports: 21
Aircraft Departures: Not Available |
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IATA Code: IA | ICAO Code: IAW | Callsign IRAQI
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Iraqi Airways Company
Baghdad Int'l Airport
Baghdad, Iraq
Tel: +964-1-8863999
Fax : +964-1-8861060
Ownership: State-owned (100%) |
Iraqi Airways incorporated in 1945 is the oldest airline in the Middle East and the national flag carrier of Iraq. It operates both domestic and regional services, and its main operational base is Baghdad International Airport.
On 30 May 2003, Iraqi Airways announced plans to resume international services. The rights to the Iraqi Airways name was transferred to a new and separate company named Iraqi Airways Company that would structure a new airline with the objective of protecting it from past accumulated legal issues. Operations restarted on 3 October 2004 with a flight between Baghdad and Amman. The flight operations were conducted by aircraft owned and operated by Teebah Airlines an offshore airline based in Jordan. Later in 2009 with a Boeing 737-300 leased from Seagle Air and with a Boeing 737-400 leased from Tor Air and Blue Wings, a German airline. On 13 January 2010, Blue Wings ceased operations causing all flights operating for Iraqi Airways to be suspended.
On 26 May, 2010, Amer Abdul-Jabbar, Iraq's transport minister, stated the cabinet decided to dissolve the company over the next three years and pursue private options to avoid compensation claims by the State of Kuwait over the 1990-91 war.
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Aircraft
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Engine
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Registration number
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Built year
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Owned/leased
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737-200
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JT8D-15A
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9L-LEG
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1983
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Leased
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737-200
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JT8D-9A
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9L-LFE
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1980
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Leased
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737-200
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JT8D-9A
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9L-LFA
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1981
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Leased
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767-200
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JT9D-7R4D
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9L-LFF
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1984
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Leased
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IATA Code: 6N | ICAO Code: MHK | Callsign: ---
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Al-Karrada , Babil Region, District 929, Street 21 - Home 46, (beside Al Jadirya Private Hospital.
Tel: + 964 790 1933 656
Iraq, Baghdad
Wadi Saqra, 213 Arrar Street,
Al Riyadh Building.
P.O.Box: 911399, Code: 11191
Amman, Jordan
Tel: + 962 6 565 6536
Fax: + 962 6 566 5026
www.alnaserairlines.com
Ownership: Privately held (100%) Al-Riyadh Investment Group, soley owned and managed by the Al-Khawam family (Iraqi) |
Al Naser Airlines incorporated 2009 and commenced operations same year considered to be the first private Iraqi Airline granted an Iraqu Air Operators Certificate (AOC), its main operating base is Baghdad International Airport , currently has a service Baghdad/Kuwait, Kuwait/Najaf, and Baghdad/Dubai, in addition to charter operations, VIP flights and wet lease contacts. Also announced its intention in the near future to serve new destinations and acquire additional aircraft.
The owners of Al Naser Airlines (Al-Riyadh Investment Group) are the owners of the defunct Teebah Airlines (2004-2008) a Sierra Leone registered charter airline based in Amman, Jordan, mainly leasing its owned aircraft to Iraqi Airways. Teebah Airlines was on the list of air operators banned in the European Union.
Al-Naser Airlines fleet of aircraft consists of the following: