Emirate to restart Arbil services

Dubai: Emirates airline said on Thursday it will resume flights to Arbil in Iraqi Kurdistan from November 16 after suspending the service three months for “operational reasons.”

“Emirates will resume with two weekly flights to Arbil, served by an A330-200 aircraft in a 3-class configuration. This will increase to four weekly flights from 4 December 2014,” the airline said in statement.

Emirates suspended flights to Arbil in August, however, maintained services to Baghdad and Basra.