Flights between Turkey and Iraq frozen
Flights between Turkey and Iraq frozen
Flights between Iraq and Turkey have been frozen due to a problem of money.
Turkey has decided to ban state-owned Iraqi planes landing on its soil in a reaction to a similar decision by Iraq starting from midnight November 20. In response, Turkish exporters switched air traffic routes to road freight.
At the center of the dispute some 18 millions dollars owed by an Iraqi government oil company to Turkey.
Iraqi Transportation Ministry spokesman Karim al-Nuri said the decision to block Turkish planes from Iraq was in response to a Turkish threat to seize Iraqi planes over a two-decade-old debt.
Four Turkish companies launched a case in a Turkish court demanding 20 million dollars in return for unpaid debts dating to 1990, and they obtained an order to take possession of planes owned by Iraqi Airways.
Turkey has decided to ban state-owned Iraqi planes landing on its soil in a reaction to a similar decision by Iraq starting from midnight November 20. In response, Turkish exporters switched air traffic routes to road freight.
At the center of the dispute some 18 millions dollars owed by an Iraqi government oil company to Turkey.
Iraqi Transportation Ministry spokesman Karim al-Nuri said the decision to block Turkish planes from Iraq was in response to a Turkish threat to seize Iraqi planes over a two-decade-old debt.
Four Turkish companies launched a case in a Turkish court demanding 20 million dollars in return for unpaid debts dating to 1990, and they obtained an order to take possession of planes owned by Iraqi Airways.
