AdamHarvard From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 72 posts, RR: 0 Posted (11 years 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 985 times:
Before the advent of 744's, A340's e.t.c.....aircraft flying between Asia and Europe would refuel in the middle east, e.g Bahrain, Abu Dhabi e.t.c....Was Baghdad Saddam Hussien Intl. ever used as such a stopover point?
Baec777 From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 1231 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (11 years 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 969 times:
Why would Baghdad be a stopover point for any flights..?? Not necessary.....
Mah4546 From Sweden, joined Jan 2001, 31118 posts, RR: 73 Reply 2, posted (11 years 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 949 times:
Baec777, yes, it was nesecary. Many Europe-Asia flights could not be done non-stop as before the advent of the 747-400 and A340. However, it is my understanding that the most popular stopover for airlines going Europe-Asia (at least Japan) was Anchorage.
Jhooper From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 6195 posts, RR: 13 Reply 4, posted (11 years 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 935 times:
Baghdad's airport is named Saddam Hussein Intl? Aren't there any important people over there besides him?
Last year 1,944 New Yorkers saw something and said something.
Bluemeatball From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 174 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (11 years 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 922 times:
I realize that this means going back a ways but I flew on a BOAC flight from LHR to BOM in Jan of 1961 on a Comet 4C that would have stopped in Baghdad but because of fog we diverted to Basra, Iraq. The flight was London, Frankfurt, Cairo, Baghdad, Bombay.
ETA Unknown From Comoros, joined Jun 2001, 2010 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (11 years 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 874 times:
Don't think any carriers transited Baghdad from the late '70' onwards.
I know JAL used to have a NRT-ATH DC-10 milkrun service (it stopped everywhere and was the slowest way from NRT to ATH!) and Baghdad may have been a stop at one time, but I'm not 100% sure.
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