Basrah International Airport Opens to Commercial Flights.

Business Wire | June 17, 2005 | Copyright

BASRAH, Iraq -- After almost 20 years of sporadic flying and finally being grounded, the first Iraqi Airways flight landed at Basrah International Airport June 4 with the help of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South.

The Corps' goal is to give the Iraqis a functioning civil aviation airport that will allow planes with passengers to land and take off, both domestically and internationally, according to Robert Vanoer, resident engineer for the Basrah Resident Office, Gulf Region District South (GRS).

"The details the Corps is involved in are critical to the ...

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