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Birmingham-Iraq
service takes off
Durham grows to
A NEW service to northern Iraq has been
launched from Birmingham airport by Swedish Jersey and Turkey
operator Aer Olympic.
The service will fly on alternate weeks to the
cities of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah via Stockholm.
Chris Gray.
It is aimed at the Iraqi-Kurdish community in AGENTS in the north-east will be able to book
the West Midlands, where there is demand for a clients on new flights from Durham Tees Valley
service to visit friends and relatives in Kurdistan. airport to Jersey and Turkey next summer.
Aer Olympic chief executive Akes Kefalas said: Channel Islands operator CI Travel Group will
“The diverse ethnic communities of the Midlands offer a summer weekly service every Saturday
will now have a direct link to northern Iraq and from May 29 to September 11.
the feedback we have already received has been The flights, run by Flybe, will be sold by CI
overwhelmingly positive.” Travel Group brands including Airways Holidays,
Discover Jersey and Channel Islands Travel Service. Holidays4U said it would operate extra flights.
Airport managing director Robert Mackenzie As well as operating its programme to
said the new route was set to be popular with UK Dalaman from May to October, Holidays4U will
holidaymakers looking to avoid the expense of add an extra flight to Bodrum (pictured) every
the eurozone. Monday during the peak period from the end of
CI Travel Group is also adding Jersey services July to the end of September.
from Glasgow Prestwick and London Ashford, Karen Vyse of Holidays 4U said: “We are very
and increasing services from Oxford next summer. pleased with the response from people in the
Birmingham airport business development manager Marc Watkins Durham Tees Valley will also offer more serv- north-east and we know one thing they like is
(second left) with Aer Olympic’s Akes Kefalas, Gino Vella, Alexander Vella ices to Turkey next year, after Turkey specialist being able to fly from their local airport.”
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30 11.12.2009
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