UAE's Emirates Airline suspends flights to Iraq's Arbil


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  • Saturday, 09 Aug 2014

DOHA (Reuters) - Dubai's Emirates [EMIRA.UL] said on Saturday it had suspended flights to the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil due to increased security concerns, UAE's state news agency (WAM) reported.

An Emirates spokesman said the airline will continue to operate daily, non-stop flights between Dubai and Basra, along with its four-times weekly service to Baghdad.

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