Doha: Qatar Airways is cancelling flights to Kurdish northern Iraq from Sept 29 to Oct 1 at the request of Iraq's Civil Aviation Authority, the carrier said on its website on Thursday.
The flights to and from Erbil and Sulaymaniyah have been cancelled after Iraqi authorities said all international air traffic would be suspended from Friday to those airports, the statement said.
“Qatar Airways flights to/from Erbil (EBL) and to/from Sulaymaniyah (ISU) disrupted on 29 September and cancelled from 30 September to 1 October 2017,” the airline said on their website.
As a result the following Qatar Airways flights are affected:
29 September:
QR 0452 (DOH-EBL) and QR 0453 (EBL-DOH) as scheduled
QR 0450 (EBL-DOH) and QR 0451 (EBL-DOH) CANCELLED
QR 0436 (DOH-ISU) and QR 0437 (ISU-DOH) rescheduled as follows:
QR 0436 depart DOH at 11.40 - arrive ISU at 14.05
QR 0437 depart ISU at 15.05 - arrive DOH at 17.20
30 September - 1 October:
QR 450/451/452/453 to and from Erbil (EBL) CANCELLED
QR 436/437/462/463 to and from Sulaymaniyah (ISU) CANCELLED
Qatar Airways said that “status of flights beyond Octiber 1 will be updated as information becomes available.”
Airline has given their contact details and social media contact on their travel alert page for affected passengers to make alternative arrangements.
