Heavylift B727 is no more
For sale: five slightly used Iraqi Boeing jets
The Age October 6, 2010
Iraqi Airways has put up for sale five Boeing passenger jets that have been stranded in Jordan for 19 years, the state-owned carrier said in a newspaper advert published yesterday in the kingdom.
"Iraqi Airways wants to sell three Boeing 727-200s and two Boeing 707s which are currently located at the Queen Alia International Airport" south of Amman, said the advertisement in the government-owned Al-Rai Arabic daily.
It added bidders should submit their offers by October 20.
Six Iraqi Airways planes have been grounded in Jordan since UN sanctions were slapped on Iraq following the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 by the forces of late dictator Saddam Hussein.
Tuesday's newspaper advertisement gave no indication of the status of the sixth aircraft.
Jordan has said the aircraft were part of Iraqi assets frozen in the kingdom, adding it is owed about four million dollars in fees for harbouring the planes.
Iraq said in May it will be forced to close down the airline over $US1.2 billion ($A1.23 billion) that Kuwait Airways claims it is owed in a dispute dating back to Saddam's invasion of the emirate.
Kuwait says 10 of its planes as well as aircraft parts were plundered after its airport was seized during the invasion.
AFP
The Age October 6, 2010
Iraqi Airways has put up for sale five Boeing passenger jets that have been stranded in Jordan for 19 years, the state-owned carrier said in a newspaper advert published yesterday in the kingdom.
"Iraqi Airways wants to sell three Boeing 727-200s and two Boeing 707s which are currently located at the Queen Alia International Airport" south of Amman, said the advertisement in the government-owned Al-Rai Arabic daily.
It added bidders should submit their offers by October 20.
Six Iraqi Airways planes have been grounded in Jordan since UN sanctions were slapped on Iraq following the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 by the forces of late dictator Saddam Hussein.
Tuesday's newspaper advertisement gave no indication of the status of the sixth aircraft.
Jordan has said the aircraft were part of Iraqi assets frozen in the kingdom, adding it is owed about four million dollars in fees for harbouring the planes.
Iraq said in May it will be forced to close down the airline over $US1.2 billion ($A1.23 billion) that Kuwait Airways claims it is owed in a dispute dating back to Saddam's invasion of the emirate.
Kuwait says 10 of its planes as well as aircraft parts were plundered after its airport was seized during the invasion.
AFP
