Minister of Transport: We seek to activate the open sky project of Basra airport

Transport Minister Kazem Fanjan said on Saturday that he is seeking to activate the open sky project of Basra airport, in line with the state's directives to make Basra the economic capital.

"We have decided to prepare for a workshop to make Basra airport an open airport under the supervision of the General Civil Aviation Corporation and with the participation of Iraqi Airways, and invite international airlines, air authorities, international aviation organizations, service providers and media organizations to participate in the international conference," he said in a statement. To announce the airport of Basra as a central hub linking the East and the West by distinguishing it between continents. "

He added that "taking into consideration that marketing is the main tool for any successful project, and through our studies explain the detailed benefits of the open sky project of Basra International Airport, which we seek to activate and marketing it through Basra as the port city of Iraq, and commensurate with the powers granted Within the Civil Aviation Law No. 148 / Instructions No. 6, Paragraph 3-3 ".

He pointed out that "this decision comes in tune with the orientations of the Iraqi state towards making Basra the economic capital, Basra or Iraq, and the treasury of the Arabs, and the eye of the world, and the window from which Iraq overlooks the broad seas of God."

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