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Article: Iraq operates first domestic flights through no-fly zones.
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- November 6, 2000
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Iraq operated two passenger flights through no-fly zones patrolled by British and US forces on 5 November.
The aircraft left Baghdad at 1000GMT, with one flying to Basra in the south and the other to Mosul in the North. Each aircraft returned safely to Baghdad after about four hours according to a report from the Iraqi News Agency.
The flights signal the resumption of regular domestic passenger services in Iraq since United Nations (UN) sanctions were imposed, and are being operated with Russian-made military cargo aircraft, including an Antonov and ...