Three airlines get OK on service to Iraq WASHINGTON (AP) =97 The government on Friday gave initial permission to= three=20 airlines to begin scheduled flights between the United States and Iraq,=20 saying air service can help reconstruct the war-torn country. The airlines= =20 =97 World Airways, Northwest Airlines and Kalitta Air =97 still need= approvals=20 from several government agencies. The Transportation Security=20 Administration, for example, must make sure that security is adequate at=20 Iraqi airports. Baghdad International Airport has yet to open for=20 scheduled service. Last month, transportation officials lifted a ban on=20 air service between the two countries after nearly 13 years. As part of the= =20 1990 economic sanctions against Iraq, the Transportation Department banned= =20 commercial flights that stopped in Iraq and barred Iraqi-registered=20 aircraft from flying to or from the United States. Transportation=20 officials granted the right to fly between any point in the United States=20 and any point in Iraq to two of the airlines: Northwest, the fourth biggest= =20 U.S. airline, and Kalitta Air, an Ypsilanti, Mich.-based freight=20 carrier. World Airways will be able to carry people or cargo between=20 Washington's Dulles International Airport and Baghdad via Geneva,=20 Switzerland. World, a Peachtree City, Ga., airline, carries pilgrims to the= =20 Islamic Holy Land. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Mas Site: www.tntisland.com/tntrecords/mas2003/ Site of the Week: http://www.carib-link.net/naparima/naps.html TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************