Editing Iraqi Airways (section)

===Fleet development===
In May 2008, the Iraqi government signed a $2.2 billion contract with Boeing for 30 [[Boeing 737-800]]s with an option for an additional 10. It was also working on a deal involving the order of ten [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]]s aircraft for long-range service.<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2008/q2/080505b_nr.html Iraqi Airways signs contract worth $2.2 billion with Boeing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012214750/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2008/q2/080505b_nr.html |date=12 October 2012 }}. Boeing.com (5 May 2008).</ref>

Another contract worth $398 million was signed for ten [[Bombardier CRJ-900|Bombardier CRJ-900ER]] aircraft with ten options.<ref>[http://bombardier.com/en/aerospace/media-centre/press-releases/details?docID=0901260d800200af Iraqi Airways signs contract worth $398 million with Bombardier] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313091908/http://bombardier.com/en/aerospace/media-centre/press-releases/details?docID=0901260d800200af |date=13 March 2012 }}. Bombardier.com (6 May 2008).</ref> The first CRJ-900ER was delivered in October 2008. This resulted in a lawsuit against Bombardier by [[Kuwait Airways]]. Kuwait claims to have won $1.2 billion in judgments against Iraqi Airways as a result of the Gulf War. The Canadian judge ruled that he did not have jurisdiction because the case involved a foreign government, given that the purchaser of the aircraft was the government of Iraq, not Iraqi Airways.<ref>[http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j2ve0tpLrEltvc1u1JGsCBwzYYwQ Kuwait Airways files lawsuit against Bombardier] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013110407/http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j2ve0tpLrEltvc1u1JGsCBwzYYwQ |date=13 October 2008 }}</ref> The lawsuit by Kuwait Airways was settled in 2009, with Iraq agreeing to pay $300 million.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24963127-5005961,00.html Lawsuit is settled with Iraqi paying $300 million]{{dead link|date=November 2012}}</ref>

In February 2010, Iraqi Airways announced major fleet plans, including converting 10 of the 30 orders for the Boeing 737-800 to additional wide bodies as well as bringing the delivery date forward to September 2011, and changing the 10 Boeing 787 Dreamliner orders to [[Boeing 777]] aircraft.<ref>[http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=comm&id=news/awx/2010/02/18/awx_02_18_2010_p0-205520.xml&headline=Iraqi%20Airways%20Eyes%20Fleet%20Adjustments Iraqi Airways major fleet plans]{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Aviationweek.com (18 February 2010).</ref>