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Three direct flights a week are planned from Vienna as of April 2, and four as of June.
Austrian Airlines said Wednesday it will resume flights to Erbil city, the capital of semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in 'northern Iraq' in April after an eight-month hiatus prompted by security concerns.
An airline statement said three direct flights a week are planned from Vienna as of April 2, and four as of June.
Service was suspended in August following a security review in the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah about 215 miles north of Baghdad. The airline said then the decision was based partially on an incident involving a Swedish jetliner that allegedly came under rocket fire as it left Sulaimaniyah,www.ekurd.net also in Kurdistan region 'northern Iraq'.
Iraqi Kurdistan aviation officials denied that the Nordic Airways plane was targeted, but Sweden since has suspended commercial flights to the country.
Austrian Airlines launched twice-weekly service between Vienna and Erbil in December 2006.