Sheikh Ahmad bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Emirates Chairman and Chief Executive, said Baghdad is the last city in the Middle East served by the airline's four-star version of Skytrax.
"As the last country we serve, I am glad that today we have a broad and complete coverage of the Middle East," he said via press release, today.
He is optimistic that the field level passengers (load factors) to Baghdad to meet the target, following the economic recovery of Iraq.
"Iraq is going through the recovery and we believe that this is a good time to start operational service in there," he said.
Emirates will use Airbus 330-200 aircraft offering a three-class configuration, consisting of 12 first class seats (first class), 42 business class seats and 183 economy class seats.
As for cargo transport on the route, Emirates' target can carry as many as 10 tons - 12 tons per flight.
Ram Emen, Emirates' Divisional Senior Vice President Cargo, said it was targeting all types of goods can be transported from all over the world to Iraq.
"We will deliver a range of commodities imported to Iraq where the country is doing the reconstruction process. [Goods imported] ranging from food, clothing, electronic goods, and mining equipment, "he said.
