Our skies raining hundreds of millions of dollars on the general budget

Our skies raining hundreds of millions of dollars on the general budget


 Baghdad / Zahraa Al-Jassem

The resumption of global airlines crossing over Iraqi airspace after a hiatus of more than four years, heralds the return of security to our air and in addition a resource to the state complaining of weakness with increased expenditures in light of the war on Daesh budget, there is financial returns waiting can be up to 700 million dollars a year.
Considering the parliamentary economic, closure of Iraqi airspace was due to "wrong practices" earlier by the Ministry of Transport, whether not to follow - up with the International Aviation Organization, or neglect of this file, the Committee commends at the same time, the ability of the ministry recently to open these routes again.
The statement of the Ministry of Transport has recently issued, that workers in the air traffic control department managed through national urgent efforts of obtaining an international decision to reopen the Iraqi airspace and the passage of squadrons dedicated to transport passengers of foreign aircraft and goods through the atmosphere after it had been stalled since the 2014 decision of the Organization of American FAA , which was considered serious international skies taboos and within the designated war zones.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Transport Salem Sudan, said in an interview (range): to open Iraqi airspace again will get a good financial returns to the country after being stopped for more than four years, and all these will boost the incomes of the ministry and add significant amounts of the general budget, the fact that the traffic atmosphere Iraqi entails financial charges, so we are keen to open lines or new air routes so that they are within the global Air transport Association and the requirements of the international civil Aviation Organization "ICAO". He added that the opening of new routes, is an attempt to start the rest of the passage of aircraft through Iraqi airspace, the fact that it is a necessity for Iraq, because we promise the link for traffic between Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East in general.
Alsoadenei also said that, working to open air routes accompanied by another effort which is to work on the introduction of modern surveillance systems , sophisticated Iraqi airports in general, Msttrda by saying: When the mood was closed was passing through Iraq from 20 to 25 flights, but after the lifting of the ban one month, The Turkish airlines early, at the request entry of Iraqi airspace, where the ratio rose to 50 flights per day, and will increase flights transiting through Iraqi airspace and up to 200 flights a day, an initial Ktakotait during the next term.
On the other hand , says the parliamentary economic committee member Abdul - Salam al - Maliki , in an interview (range), the closure of Iraqi airspace was due to wrong practices from within the Department of Transportation , whether not to follow - up with the International Aviation Organization, in addition to the neglect of follow - up to the issue of open skies quickly as the traffic atmosphere Iraq today give huge sums of money and significant financial returns, can not be overlooked or neglected or wasted, but today should the Ministry of transport to continue to pursue this matter and open Iraqi airspace, especially since the parliamentary services followed seriously this with the ministry, there was constant contact With the Ministry of Transport officials, as this can not be a waste of national wealth.
Emphasizes Maliki, that the Economic Commission in Parliament, will continue to pursue this even activate the open atmosphere completely in the coming days, there will be procrastination and, should also be pursued through the International Aviation Organization to give formalized to him, especially since it is in the interest of Iraq and there is a response international in this regard, but unfortunately, there are a lot of issues that tolerated other Iraqi ministries party about, which is of great financial returns to Iraq is estimated annually at about 200 to 300 million dollars, and this could double in the coming years, to around 700 million dollars, as the lines of some tracks father For East Asia and Europe and even neighboring countries are still changing paths transferred, which emphasized the need for follow - up to activate it with the International Organization completely.
According to the statement of the Ministry of Transport, this achievement after successive and continuous meetings involving staff in the air traffic control department through a continuous series of intensive meetings with the International Air Transport Association representatives (IATA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) aviation and global companies of various nationalities, which have been identified on Thursday , the twenty - seventh of this month (200 officially date to open new air corridors that are designed in the light of international standards and published in the Iraqi aviation guide, where preliminary statistics indicate the arrival of the number of flights over Iraq to) trip on Alloa Limit, after the date of opening new air passages , which reflected positively on the economic earnings of Iraq.

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