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Iraq's ZagrosJet outlines initial operations due from early October

ZagrosJet will begin operations on October 2 with its maiden flight from Erbil to Ankara Esenboga. Thereafter, flights to Adana will launch on October 4, Beirut on October 10, Stockholm Arlanda on October 11 and Amman Queen Alia on October 20. Flights to Istanbul Atatürk will be operated by Atlasjet itself. The first and only Kurdish air carrier, the airline is a joint venture between Atlasjet Airlines and the Kurdish Zagros Group in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq and received final approval for operations from both the Turkish and Iraqi governments in 2013. The airline also has plans to ferry Muslim pilgrims to Jeddah and Madinah in Saudi-Arabia
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Iraq's Zagros Air changes its name to ZagrosJet ahead of its launch

Zagros Air (Iraq) (ZV, Erbil) has changed its name to ZagrosJet (ZV, Erbil) ahead of its planned early September launch. The carrier, a joint venture between Turkey's Atlasjet Airlines (KK, Antalya) and Northern Iraqi consortium Zagros Group, said the move was to avoid being confused with Zagros Airlines (Iran) (ZV, Abadan). According to the carrier, it will offer scheduled services from Erbil to Ankara Esenboga, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep and Adana in Turkey with other operations to include Amman Queen Alia, Beirut, Stockholm Arlanda and Tbilisi.