Fly Baghdad

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Fly Baghdad
فلاي بغداد
Fly Baghdad Logo.jpg
IATA ICAO Call sign
IF [1] FBA [1] FLY BAGHDAD [2]
Founded15 July 2014 [3]
Commenced operations14 Feb 2017
AOC # ICAA 007
Hubs Baghdad International Airport
Fleet size11
Destinations24
Headquarters Baghdad International Airport, Iraq infront of Karbala terminal
Key peopleCEO Basheer al-Shabbani
Employees600
Website www.flybaghdad.net

Fly Baghdad is a private Iraqi airline, headquartered in Baghdad, [4] with flights based at Baghdad International Airport. The airline restarted its operations on 14 February 2017. [5] Fly Baghdad has 1 Boeing B737-700, 5 B737-800, 3 B737-900ER, 1 CRJ-200 and 1 CRJ-900 with an average aircraft age of approximately fifteen years. After the dissolution of old board, the new management rebuilt the company again. The company slogan is Less Price... More Flights. Flights to the European Union have been banned in November 2023, due to safety concerns. [6]

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In January 2024, U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Fly Baghdad and its CEO for providing assistance to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and its proxy groups in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon by transporting fighters and weapons. [7] [8] Fly Baghdad canceled flights on all routes and suspended operations effective January 25, 2024. [9] Flights resumed several weeks later.

Destinations

A Fly Baghdad Boeing 737-700 at Istanbul Airport, Turkey in 2023. 20230616 042Istanbul airport.jpg
A Fly Baghdad Boeing 737-700 at Istanbul Airport, Turkey in 2023.

Fly Baghdad is flying to the following destinations: [10]

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Armenia Yerevan Yerevan International Airport
Azerbaijan Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport [11]
Belarus Minsk Minsk National Airport Terminated
Egypt Cairo Cairo International Airport
Georgia Tbilisi Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport [12]
India Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Airport [13]
Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
New Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport
Iran Mashhad Mashhad International Airport
Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport [14]
Iraq Baghdad Baghdad International Airport Base
Basra Basra International Airport
Erbil Erbil International Airport
Najaf Al Najaf International Airport
Jordan Amman Queen Alia International Airport
Lebanon Beirut Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Pakistan Karachi Jinnah International Airport
Lahore Allama Iqbal International Airport
Russia Moscow Vnukovo International Airport [15]
Saudi Arabia Medina Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport
Syria Aleppo Aleppo International Airport
Damascus Damascus International Airport
Tunisia Tunis Tunis–Carthage International Airport
Turkey Ankara Ankara Esenboğa Airport
Antalya Antalya Airport
Istanbul Istanbul Airport
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai International Airport

Fleet

Fly Baghdad Boeing 737 landing. YI-BAN (44120865232).jpg
Fly Baghdad Boeing 737 landing.

Fly Baghdad operates the following aircraft as of November 2023: [16]

Fly Baghdad fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrderPassengers
Boeing 737-700 1148
Boeing 737-800 5189
Boeing 737-900ER 1 [17] 215
Bombardier CRJ200ER 150
Bombardier CRJ-900 1?
Total8

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