All Iran-Iraq Flights Cancelled Due to COVID-19: CAO

Head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) said that all flights of Iranian airlines and Iraqi Airways were cancelled until further notice from Iran to Iraq and vice versa due to spread of COVID-19. Speaking in an interview with Mehr news agency on Saturday, Touraj Dehghan Zanganeh announced, “All flights of Iranian Airline companies and Iraqi Airways from Iran to Iraq and vice versa were abolished until further notice due to the outbreak of the second wave of coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, as well as observing health guidelines as instructed by the Coronavirus Combat and Prevention Headquarters. Before this order, a limited number of flights were scheduled to be operated by Iraqi Airways to return Iraqi citizens present in Iran, he added. - Mehr