Kurdistan Airlines

Kurdistan Airlines A.K.A Kurdish Airlines was an airline based in the United Arab Emirates.

Kurdistan Airlines

IATA ICAO Call sign - - —
Founded	2004
Ceased operations	2010
Hubs	Erbil International Airport
Parent company	Commercial Office of Kurdistan Region Iraq (L.L.C)
Headquarters	Dubai, UAE
Key people	Yahya M. Ali (General Manager)
Website	http://www.kurdistanairlines.tripod.com/

History

The first flight of Kurdistan Airlines (Commercial Office of Kurdistan Region Iraq (L.L.C)) landed in Erbil,Kurdistan Region, Iraq on July 21, 2005, at 10:30 am (0630 GMT) carrying 46 Iraqi businessmen from Dubai, UAE.^[1]

The establishment of Kurdistan Airlines was announced by a press release on 2 August 2005 by the Commercial Office of Kurdistan Region Iraq in Dubai, UAE.^[2]

On 7 August 2005 Dnata Agencies was appointed General Sales Agent (GSA) for Kurdistan Airlines in the Persian Gulf region.^[3]

The first Kurdistan Airlines revenue flight, flying from Frankfurt to Erbil arrived at Erbil airport at 6:30 a.m on September 20, 2005, with 40 passengers on board.^[4]

On July 14, 2006, it was reported that a Kurdistan Airlines aircraft was stranded in Rafic Hariri International Airport Beirut, Lebanon during the 2006 Lebanon War.^[5]

As of 2010, the airline had no aircraft and thus is now inactive.

Headquarters

The company's headquarters were located at Warba Centre in Dubai, UAEDubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Fleet

As of December 2010, Kurdistan Airlines had formerly owned one Boeing 737-200 aircraft, however it has since been re-registered with Imperial Jet, effectively rendering the airline inactive.