Passenger flights restart between London and Baghdad
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Passenger flights restart between London and Baghdad
After a break of 20 years!
Operate schedules twice per week from Baghdad through Malmo to London, but direct on return. Operated by Tor Air.
Operate schedules twice per week from Baghdad through Malmo to London, but direct on return. Operated by Tor Air.
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Please correct me if wrong...but I think this is the first flight to operate as a through service with the same flight number LGW-Baghdad with MMX as a glorified tech stop (also happens to be where Tor Air are based, so can easily exchange crew etc).
I was under the impression that all Viking flights had change of flight number and full commercial stops in Sweden (presumably they have to do this as traffic permits for a non-UK/non-Iraqi carrier as a through route might also be something of an issue...regardless of whatever the DfT makes of it!)
I was under the impression that all Viking flights had change of flight number and full commercial stops in Sweden (presumably they have to do this as traffic permits for a non-UK/non-Iraqi carrier as a through route might also be something of an issue...regardless of whatever the DfT makes of it!)
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The Viking flights do have a different flight number for the BGW leg, however it is not a "full" comercial stop at ARN/MMX, just an hour turnaround for certain procedures to take place. I'm sure the same procedures are required for the Tor Air operation, i will not divulge them. 
