MEA Resumes Flights to Iraq's Arbil

Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airline (MEA) announced that it will be resuming flights to Iraq's Kurdish regional capital Arbil starting April the 3rd, the National News Agency said on Tuesday.

MEA said that four flights per week are scheduled on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, NNA added.

MEA halted its flights in September when the Iraqi authorities imposed an air blockade on Iraqi Kurdistan in September 2017 in response to its holding of an independence referendum.

Last week, Iraqi authorities said they were lifting the nearly six-month air blockade.

Since the flight ban went into force, all Kurdistan-bound international flights have been rerouted to Baghdad, which also imposed entry visas on foreigners wishing to visit the Kurdish region.