BoeingFever777 From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 205 posts, RR: 60 Posted (1 year 10 months 2 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 6104 times:
SEATTLE, March 31, 2008 -- Boeing and the government of Iraq have signed an agreement in Baghdad for the purchase of 30 Next-Generation 737s and 10 787 Dreamliners. The order will be booked and added to Boeing's Orders & Deliveries Web site upon completion of the final contractual terms of the agreement.
FreequentFlier From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 754 posts, RR: 5 Reply 1, posted (1 year 10 months 2 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 6076 times:
FXramper From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 5269 posts, RR: 100 Reply 5, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 5135 times:
B727fan From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 232 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 5053 times:
BoeingFever777 From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 205 posts, RR: 60 Reply 8, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 5037 times:
HBIHLtoEZE From Switzerland, joined Aug 2004, 258 posts, RR: 2 Reply 9, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 5025 times:
well, I guess I can answer some of my answers myself:
the 767 has apparently left (the very reliable ch-aviation.ch site does not list the 767 under their fleet anymore), its last picture is from aurumn 2006:
Apache323 From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 8 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 4964 times:
It will be nice to see some new Iraqi airways jets flying around here, I only see the 727 and their 737-200 flying. The remaining fleet in Baghdad has been abandoned and will never fly again as the aircraft are in very poor condition and filled with dust, a sad sight to see. Good luck to Iraqi Airways and their future.
IAHFLYER From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 264 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 4798 times:
UAEflyer From United Arab Emirates, joined Nov 2006, 711 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 4460 times:
Do Iraqi Airways have landing slots in LHR, JFK, CDG......etc.
as far as i know they have no international operations since 1990, does that mean that their landing slots have been canceled ?
AlanUK From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2004, 693 posts, RR: 18 Reply 16, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 4230 times:
The good news is that with all the delays from Boeing on the 787, Iraq may just be a place where you can land a plane safely by the time Iraqi Airways get their deliveries...
OA260 From Ireland, joined Nov 2006, 17531 posts, RR: 54 Reply 17, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 4155 times:
Good news to see IA getting new fleet. I hope they do the LON-ATH-BGW as suggested a while back. Especially if they were allowed to pick up traffic on the LON-ATH portion. Anyway hope it all goes well for them. I always loved their livery.
JFK787NYC From United States of America, joined Apr 2007, 707 posts, RR: 2 Reply 18, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 3952 times:
Quoting AlanUK (Reply 16): The good news is that with all the delays from Boeing on the 787, Iraq may just be a place where you can land a plane safely by the time Iraqi Airways get their deliveries...
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 16765 posts, RR: 64 Reply 19, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 3792 times:
Once signed, I believe this takes the 787 program over 900 firm orders.
Quoting Bennett123 (Reply 2): Is the claim of Kuwait against Iraqi Airlines still active.
I believe it is, but I expect it will be handled prior to the first deliveries.
Quoting HBIHLtoEZE (Reply 6): What about the Airbus order for A310s that (due to Saddam's attack on Kuwait in 1990 and its aftermath) never materialised? Was it ever cancelled?
I believe it is still active on Airbus' books, but eventually it will be removed when the new government formally rejects the contract. They might take something else or I expect Airbus just keeps the deposits per a normal default.
Bringiton From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 784 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 3458 times:
A lot of buisness oreinted travel will take place once iraq becomes more safe and is well on the road to prosperity . The next decade will see many wester buisnesses setting up shop in iraq , these aircrafts would be much needed to connect baghdad to major western capitals aswell as to cities around the middle east (737's) .
ATLFlyer323 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 451 posts, RR: 1 Reply 23, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 3442 times:
Quoting Bringiton (Reply 22): A lot of buisness oreinted travel will take place once iraq becomes more safe and is well on the road to prosperity . The next decade will see many wester buisnesses setting up shop in iraq
Wow for once we are being positive here on A.net, it's kinda nice!
Do we know what type of 737's they will be receiving?
AA61Hvy From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 13213 posts, RR: 67 Reply 24, posted (1 year 10 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 3383 times:
Quoting FXramper (Reply 5): Where does the average person from Iraq want to go on holiday?
That's my question. Sure you see German, English, Chinese tourists etc. but I've never heard someone say "yeah we are in from Baghdad for a week to relax." So I'm real curious as well!
Go big or go home
25 Chgoflyer: Amazing how every Euro commented on how the order what perhaps to big..... what do you care? Your not paying.
26 Columba: I don´t want to talk politics here but I see different priorities in Iraq then brand new longhaul aircraft. There are enough cheap second hand aircr
27 Aruba: I can't wait to see a IA aircraft in JFK. Maybe one day i'll et to visit.
28 FD728: Considering the fact that Kuwait wants to seize some Iraqi planes, the order isn't necessarily too large. Maybe this completes the planned fleet renew
29 Travellin'man: Any word on how this is being financed? Is Exim bank involved or are there other participations by financial institutions?
30 Stitch: With the delays in the 787 and A380 program, the leasing market is getting pretty tight right now when it comes to good second-hand current generatio
31 IAD787: You can count on a IAD-BGW. Baghdad is the largest embassy in the world for the United States. It's a prime diplomatic shuttle.
32 8herveg: Really why MAN...many Iraqis living there? I can see any of the following being operated (short and long-haul) Abu Dhabi Aleppo Amman Amsterdam Ankar
33 Tb727: LOL, I get it...I was thinking that just looking at the title. LMAO. Add DTW to the list of cities.[Edited 2008-04-03 10:58:45]
35 Aviationwiz: While some may view my question as political, I think it's a legitimate question about the order, and that is, who's paying for the airplanes? Does th
36 Stitch: None of the press releases I saw mentioned the financing. Options would include the Iraqi government paying for it themselves from oil revenues, or t
37 Tb727: Where do I send my resume to fly for them?
38 Swissy: Perhaps "we" can see the possible/reasonble economics behind a possible market for Iraq Airways.... Well said Stitch (as usual), the market is very t
39 Bennett123: Stitch I think that you are assuming that passengers would recognise a new plane if it fell on them. A new coat of paint and a tarted up interior and
40 Bennett123: Giving this issue a bit more thought, I would check out FR/EZY/AQ/TZ all of which are about to offload B737NG. If you lease them for 5 years or so, th
41 8herveg: I can understand IAH, because of oil...but why DTW?
42 L410Turbolet: Precisely. You are. With your taxes.
43 Tb727: There are more Iraqi's there than anywhere else in the world outside of Baghdad. Exactly. They should just take NW's DC-9's, way cheaper and they hav
44 Columba: Dearborn Michigan is the largest Iraqi community outside of Iraq if I recall correctly.
45 Tb727: Last I heard the number is somewhere in the 50,000 range for Iraqi's in the Detroit area.
46 RJAF: Not exactly, Jordan has about 800,000 Iraqis. Syria I believe have even more.
48 NW748i: Bhutan, without a doubt. I might add that I think routes will be more determined by where the investment money is coming from... I have a feeling tha
49 CaptOveur: Maybe their idea of a vacation is to drive a cab?
50 Stitch: True, but when the US had an embargo on Iraq and Boeing could not sell them planes, France's willingness to do so landed the original A310 order. And
51 AirRyan: I think their going to use those 787's on a much needed SDA-LAS for all the sinners wishing to go to Sin City.
52 Gkirk: Yup. Loads of Iraqis in Glasgow as well.
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