United Arab Emirates – Mubasher: Emirates Airlines has announced plans to resume operations for its Baghdad-bound passenger flights starting March 1, 2015.

The UAE-based airline had suspended flights to the Iraqi capital after one of its jets was hit by gunfire while landing at Baghdad Airport on January 26, 2015.

Emirates is set to resume its six weekly flights to Baghdad using an Airbus A330-200 jet in a three-class division.

“The return of services between Dubai and Baghdad follows a comprehensive safety and security review in conjunction with the GCAA,” said Majid Al Mualla, Emirates divisional senior vice president of commercial operations, adding that “flights to Baghdad have provided essential economic links for the capital and it is good news for our customers that we can now restart operations.”