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Old 29th Apr 2004, 09:06
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wheelchock
 
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So as i now see commercial pax flights flying above me i hope you understand my concern
No, I still don't understand your concern... Flying in and out of ORBI could make you jumpy, but not cruising way past it...Commercial traffic on south/northbound track will be assigned on R784, with the closes point to Baghad being PARUN, which is something like 30 something Nm's east of Baghdad. On top of that, all commercial traffic is cruising above FL180 due to military activity below 180.....

If you really are Ground Ops Manager in Baghdad, I suggest reading the Iraq AIP, which is mandatory for all operators in Iraq to have on board. You'll see there that there's nothing dangerous for commercial traffic over flying Iraq airspace...

Flying in and out of Iraq is different, there are risks of being shot at. We have been lucky for the last 5 months, but then again we also change our arrivals and departures out of Iraq very frequent.
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