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Iraq's first flight to Kuwait since 1990 takes to skiesReuters BAGHDAD--After a freeze that lasted more than two decades, Iraq's state-operated airline on Wednesday launched its first flight to Kuwait since former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's invaded the neighboring nation in 1990.
February 28, 2013, 12:01 am TWN Iraq's foreign and transport ministers traveled on the symbolic Iraqi Airways flight, hailed by officials as a sign of improving relations between the oil-producing neighbors, and they were greeted by Kuwaiti officials upon landing. The Iraqi transport ministry said there would now be regular flights between the countries.
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