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== Fleet == ===Current fleet=== [[File:Iraqi Airways, YI-AGS, Airbus A321-231 (30728990257).jpg|thumb|An Iraqi Airways [[Airbus A320|Airbus A321]] landing at [[Vnukovo International Airport|Vnukovo Airport]], Moscow, Russia (2018)]] [[File:Iraqi Airways, YI-AQY, Airbus A330-202 (31817502202).jpg|thumb|An Iraqi Airways [[Airbus A330|Airbus A330-200]] landing at [[Atatürk Airport|Istanbul Atatürk Airport]], Turkey (2016)]] [[File:Iraqi Airways Boeing 737-81Z at Munich Airport.jpg|thumb|An Iraqi Airways Boeing 737-800 at [[Munich International Airport]], Germany in 2015]] [[File:Iraqi Airways Boeing 747-400.jpg|thumb|An Iraqi Airways [[Boeing 747-400]] in the new livery landing at [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]], Malaysia in 2014]] [[File:YI-AQZ JFK Landing 22L IA B777 29M LR Small.png|thumb|right|Iraqi Airways' single Boeing 777-200LR landing at [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]], [[New York City]], [[United States of America|USA]] in 2022.]] {{As of|2023|8}}, the Iraqi Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft:<ref>{{cite journal|title=Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)|journal=Airliner World|issue=October 2019|page=17}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center" |- |+ Iraqi Airways fleet |- ! rowspan="2" | Aircraft ! rowspan="2" | In service ! rowspan="2" | Orders ! colspan="3" | Passengers ! rowspan="2" | Notes |- !<abbr title="Business class">C</abbr> !<abbr title="Economy class">Y</abbr> !Total |- |[[Airbus A220|Airbus A220-300]] |5 |— |12 |130 |142 | |- |[[Airbus A320-200]] |3 |— |— |180 |180 | |- |[[Airbus A321-200]] |2 |— |— |220 |220 | |- |[[Airbus A330-200]] |1 |— |24 |264 |288 |YI-AQY |- |[[Boeing 737-800]] |14 |— |12 |150 |162 |One leased from Tailwind Airlines |- |[[Boeing 737 MAX 8]] |6 |— |12 |150 |162 | |- |[[Boeing 737 MAX 10]] |— |10 |colspan="3"|<abbr title="To Be Announced">TBA</abbr> |Deliveries from 2024.<ref name="Plan23">{{cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/124935-iraqi-airways-takes-delivery-of-first-b737-max-8|title=Iraqi Airways takes delivery of first B737 MAX 8|website=ch-aviation.com|date=28 February 2023}}</ref> |- |[[Boeing 777-200LR]] |1 |— |14 |350 |364 |YI-AQZ |- |[[Boeing 787 Dreamliner|Boeing 787-8]] |2 |7<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=31 July 2024 |title=Boeing Commercial Orders & Deliveries |url=https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/salesoperations/viz/BoeingCommercialOrdersDeliveries_16788064876590/OrdersandDeliveries |access-date=17 August 2024 |website=The Boeing Company}}</ref> |24 |242 |266 |Deliveries commenced in 2023 |- |[[Boeing 787 Dreamliner|Boeing 787-9]] |— |1<ref name=":0" /> | colspan="3" |<abbr title="To Be Announced">TBA</abbr> | |- |[[Bombardier CRJ-900|Bombardier CRJ-900LR]] |6 |— |— |90 |90 | |- !Total !40 !18 ! colspan="4"| |} ===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> ===Former fleet=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * [[Airbus A300|Airbus A300B4-203]] * [[Airbus A300|Airbus A300-600RF]] * [[Antonov An-12|Antonov An-12BP]] * [[Antonov An-24]] * [[Boeing 707|Boeing 707-320C]] * [[Boeing 720|Boeing 720-051B]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/View?Registration=G-AZFB&DeliveryDate=15.09.71|title = Registration Details for G-AZFB (Monarch Airlines) 720-051B - PlaneLogger}}</ref> * [[Boeing 727|Boeing 727-200]] * [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200]] * [[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-300]] * [[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-400]] * [[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-700]] * [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200C]] * [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200F]] * [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-400]] * [[Boeing 747SP]] * [[Boeing 757|Boeing 757-200]] * [[Boeing 767|Boeing 767-200]] * [[Boeing 767|Boeing 767-300ER]] * [[de Havilland Dove]] * [[de Havilland Dragon Rapide]] * [[Fokker 70]] * [[Hawker Siddeley Trident|Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 1E]] * [[Ilyushin Il-76|Ilyushin Il-76MD]] * [[Lockheed JetStar|Lockheed L-1329 Jetstar]] * [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10|McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10]] * [[Tupolev Tu-124|Tupolev Tu-124V]] * [[Tupolev Tu-134]] * [[Vickers VC.1 Viking]] * [[Vickers Viscount]] {{div col end}} Five Kuwait Airways [[Airbus A310|Airbus A310-200s]] were seized in 1990 and re-registered in Iraq as part of Iraqi Airways; however, these never flew any commercial flights for the airline.{{Cn|date=January 2025}} Iraqi Airways also ordered five Airbus A310-300s in the late 1980s, but war-related sanctions prevented their delivery.{{Cn|date=January 2025}}
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