Europe lifts ban on Iraqi Airways entering airspace

Reuters

Published Feb 02, 2017 04:02AM ET

Europe lifts ban on Iraqi Airways entering airspace

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The European Aviation Safety Agency has lifted a ban on Iraqi Airways entering European airspace, Iraq's transport minister Kadhim al-Hamami told state television on Thursday.

The national carrier was banned from flying to Europe in 2015 because it did not meet International Civil Aviation Organization safety standards.