Akbar Al Baker, CEO, Qatar Airways. Picture by: Salim Matramkot © The Peninsula
DOHA: Qatar Airways will continue flying to Erbil in Kurdish northern Iraq as long as its airspace remains open, the carrier's chief executive said on Wednesday.
"As far as I am concerned, I only know that we are operating and that we will continue operating as long as the airways are open and that we can transport our passengers safely," Akbar Al Baker told reporters at a tourism industry event in Doha.
Lebanon's Middle East Airlines (MEA) said earlier on Wednesday it would suspend flights to and from Erbil airport citing an Iraqi government decision to suspend international flights.
Meanwhile, Turkish Airlines flights to Erbil and Sulaimaniya are continuing as scheduled, the company said on Wednesday, adding that it had received no official notification that the two airports in Kurdish northern Iraq are being shut to international traffic.
