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===Construction and operation=== The airport was developed under a consortium led by [[France|French]] company [[Spie Batignolles]] under an agreement made in 1979.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Iran–Iraq War]] delayed full opening of the airport until 1982.<ref name=":1" /> It opened as Saddam International Airport, bearing the name of then-[[President of Iraq|Iraqi President]] [[Saddam Hussein]].<ref name=":1">{{cite book|title=Technology Transfer to the Middle East: Summary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3b_8bcJHxB4C&pg=PA273|year=1984|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=978-1-4289-2383-6|page=273}}</ref> Most of [[Baghdad]]'s civilian flights stopped in 1991,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Baghdad International Airport |url=https://www.airport-technology.com/projects/baghdadinternational/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Airport Technology |language=en-US}}</ref> when the [[United Nations]] imposed restrictions on Iraq after its [[invasion of Kuwait]]. After the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]], a [[Iraqi no-fly zones|no-fly zone]] imposed on Iraq by the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]] meant that [[Iraqi Airways]] was only able to continue domestic flights for limited periods.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} Occasional international charter flights carrying medicine, aid workers, and government officials were allowed into Baghdad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iraq Baghdad Private Jet Charter |url=https://jetsplore.com/en/airport/private-jet-charter-to-baghdad-airport/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722014649/https://jetsplore.com/en/airport/private-jet-charter-to-baghdad-airport/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2024 }}</ref> [[Royal Jordanian|Royal Jordanian Airlines]] operated regular flights from [[Amman]] to Baghdad.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} On August 17, 2000, the airport was officially opened to civilian flights. Minister of Transport Ahmad Murtada said that: {{Blockquote|text=And we are expecting the arrival of aircraft. The embargo has prevented Iraqi citizens from using the airport for 10 years. There is no international resolution banning flights to Iraq. It is a US-British-Zionist decision that is neither lawful, humane nor fair.|author=Ahmed Murtada}}
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