=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/news/archive/2004/09/18/i= nternational0504EDT0450.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, September 18, 2004 (AP) Iraqi Airways resumes international flights after 14 years (09-18) 02:04 PDT AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Iraqi Airways resumed international flights Saturday when a plane took o= ff from neighboring Jordan, the airline's first such flight since U.N. sanctions were imposed on Saddam Hussein in 1990. The flight from Amman to Baghdad "left earlier today and we expect anoth= er one to fly from Baghdad to the Syrian capital later in the day," said the airline spokesman, Raad Aghabi. "This is the start of regular flights by Iraqi Airways," he told The Associated Press. As of Saturday, Iraqi Airways will fly once daily to Amman and Damascus, he said. He said another route to the United Arab Emirates will be added to the airline schedule at a later stage. He declined to specify. Saturday's Iraqi Boeing 737, flight number IA164, left Amman's Queen Alia International Airport at 8:30 a.m. bound for Baghdad Airport, Aghabi said. He declined to say how many passengers were on board, but noted that the plane had arrived Friday evening in Amman for an overnight stop and refueling. Round-trip airfare from Amman to Baghdad is $750. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2004 AP