I ka mahina ʻo Nowemapa i hala aku nei i ka World Travel Market ma Lākana, ʻo ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka ʻelele o Iraq kekahi mea i kali nui ʻia no nā kumu he nui. Ua lilo nā pilikia Visa i mea paʻakikī i ka minuke hope loa, akā ʻaʻole kēia i keakea i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana huakaʻi mai ka hoʻokomo ʻana iā Iraq i kā lākou papahana. ʻO ka hui hou loa e hana i kēlā ʻano hana wiwo ʻole ʻo Lufthansa Airlines o Kelemania.
"Ke ulu nui nei ʻo Iraq i nā mokulele kīwila, ke ulu nei ka noi no nā mokulele i ka ʻāina," wahi a Lufthansa. "No laila ke nānā nei ʻo Lufthansa i ka hiki ke hoʻolauna i nā lawelawe hou i Iraq a ke hoʻolālā nei e lawelawe i ke kapikala ʻo Baghdad, a me ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Erbil ma Northern Iraq mai Frankfurt a me Munich."
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Lufthansa i ka manaʻo e hoʻomaka i nā lawelawe hou i ke kauwela o 2010, i ka manawa i loaʻa ai iā ia nā kuleana kalepa e pono ai. “Ke nānā ʻia nei nā koi ʻoihana hou aʻe. Me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā mokulele i Iraq, ke ʻimi nei ʻo Lufthansa i kāna kulekele no ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāna ʻoihana ala i ka Middle East, kahi e lawelawe nei me 89 mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule i 13 mau wahi ma nā ʻāina he ʻumi.
Ua hoʻokele ʻo Lufthansa i nā mokulele i Baghdad mai 1956 a hiki i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke Kaua Kaiwa ma 1990. Ua lawelawe ʻia ʻo Erbil mai Vienna e Austrian Airlines, ʻo ia kahi ʻāpana o ka Lufthansa Group. Mai ke kauwela aʻe, e hoʻopili ʻia ʻo Baghdad lāua ʻo Erbil i nā kikowaena o Lufthansa ma Frankfurt a me Munich a pēlā e hoʻohui ʻia i loko o ka pūnaewele alahele honua o Lufthansa.
E hoʻolaha ʻia nā manawa lele a me nā kumukūʻai ma kahi lā ma hope koke o ka wehe ʻana o ke kau ʻana no nā ala hou, ua hoʻohui ka mokulele Kelemania.
ʻO Lufthansa Airlines kekahi o nā mokulele nui loa o ka honua. Lele ia i 190 mau wahi ma 78 mau ʻāina mai kāna mau kikowaena ma Frankfurt a me Munich/Kelemānia. Ma ka Hikina Hikina, lawelawe ʻo Lufthansa i 13 mau kūlanakauhale ma 10 mau ʻāina me ka huina o 89 mau mokulele i ka pule.
