Dubai – Mubasher: Middle East budget carrier Air Arabia has resumed its flights to Erbil after launching a flight to the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan from Sharjah.

There will be two flights per week; namely on Monday and Friday, increasing to three by June, Al Bayan newspaper reported, citing the Dubai-listed airline which resumed its flights to the Iraqi Kurdistan's capital on Friday, 23 March. 

Flydubai and other airline firms resumed their flights to and from Kurdistan after the travel ban was lifted from Erbil and Sulaimaniyah airports.

Iraqi authorities put this ban into effect on 29 September 2017.

Air Arabia previously stated that its subsidiary Air Arabia Egypt launched a destination to Jeddah-based King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) from Egypt’s Sohag International Airport, starting from 20 March.

The company’s current fleet consists of 50 new aircraft of the model A320 that go to more than 147 destinations.

Air Arabia logged an AED 26 million net profits in the fourth quarter of 2017.