ʻO Gulf Air, ka moku lawe moku o ke Aupuni o Bahrain i kēia lā i hoʻolaha ai e hoʻonui ana ʻo ia i kāna pūnaewele i ʻIraka.
E hoʻomaka ka mokulele i nā huakaʻi ʻehā manawa i kēlā me kēia pule i Najaf mai 26 Kepakemapa, e lilo ia i lawelawe i kēlā me kēia lā mai 26 ʻOkakopa. E hoʻomaka ana nā lawelawe iā Erbil i ka lā 26 ʻOkakopa me ʻekolu mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule, a e lilo ia i lawelawe i kēlā me kēia lā i ka manawa kūpono.
ʻO ka lawelawe ʻo Gulf Air iā Najaf, ma ka hema o Iraq, e hana ʻia i ka Pōʻakahi, Pōʻakolu, Pōʻalima a me nā Pōʻaono me ka mokulele A320. ʻO ka lawelawe iā Erbil, ma Northern Iraq, e hana i ka Pōʻakahi, Pōʻakolu a me Pōʻalima, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mokulele A320.
ʻO ka hoʻolaha o kēia lā ma hope o ka holomua ʻana o nā mokulele i ke kapikala ʻo Iraqi o Baghdad i ka pule i hala a kūkulu ʻia ma luna o ka ʻike a me ka ʻike o ka mokulele i ka hana ʻana ma laila i nā makahiki he nui. I nā mahina ʻelua e hiki mai ana, manaʻo ʻo Gulf Air e lilo i alakaʻi mākeke e lawelawe mau ana i nā lawelawe maʻamau i ʻekolu mau kūlanakauhale nui i loko o ka ʻāina.
Ua ʻōlelo ka Luna Nui o Gulf Air ʻo Mr Samer Majali:
"Ma ke kua o ka holomua o kā mākou lawelawe i Baghdad, hauʻoli wau e hahai ʻo Najaf lāua ʻo Erbil ma hope. He hoʻokō maikaʻi loa kēia no Gulf Air ke nānā nei mākou i ka wā e hiki mai ana a hoʻomaka i ka huli ʻana i nā ala niche. E like me Baghdad, manaʻo mākou e koi nui i kēia mau kūlanakauhale Iraqi. He ʻokoʻa loa ke ʻano o ka huakaʻi hele ma kēia mau ala ʻelua. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale laʻa o Najaf kahi kahua hoʻomana nui i ka poʻe Mahometa a he kikowaena nui o ka huakaʻi.'
ʻOiai ʻo ke kolu o ke kūlanakauhale nui loa o Iraq a me ke kapikala o ka Kurdistan Autonomous Region a me ke Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), ʻo Erbil kahi kikowaena kalepa nui ma Iraq. ʻO ka Kurdistan Region he mea nui i hōʻoia ʻia i ka ʻaila a me ke kinoea mālama ʻia a ʻoi aku ma mua o 35 mau hui mai 20 mau ʻāina i hoʻopaʻa inoa i nā ʻaelike ʻimi a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana me ka KRG. E like me Bahrain, ke hānai nei ka KRG i kahi ʻoihana aloha a ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e huki i nā ʻoihana i ka ʻāina, e nānā ana i kona hiki no ka wā lōʻihi. Ke ʻimi nei hoʻi ka KRG e huki i nā mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻopukapuka nui ana i kāna ʻoihana e hoʻonui i ka hiki o kāna ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, ' wahi a Mr. Majali.
Ua hoʻolālā ʻo Gulf Air i kāna papa manawa iā Najaf a me Erbil e hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna pūnaewele nui o ka Middle East a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā pilina maikaʻi loa no nā wahi koʻikoʻi ma kāna pūnaewele ala ma Asia a me ʻEulopa.
