CAIRO 鈥� 海角直播n budget airline Flynas said on Wednesday it would start flying to Iraq, the first Saudi airline to go offer that route in more than 25 years.
The airline said in a statement on its website it would start flights to several Iraqi cities in a few weeks.
There have been no flights between 海角直播 and Iraq since former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded neighboring Kuwait in 1990.
海角直播 and the United Arab Emirates are both wooing their northern neighbor in an effort to halt the growing regional influence of arch-foe Iran.
Flynas, which launched as Nas Air in 2007 and first turned a profit in 2015, is facing increasing competition in 海角直播, its primary market.
In August the two countries said they planned to open the Arar land border crossing for trade for the first time since 1990.
That announcement had followed a decision by the Saudi cabinet on Monday to establish a joint trade commission with Iraq.
Flynas to be first Saudi airline to fly to Iraq in 27 years
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