TBI\'s 2nd Airbus arrives in Baghdad International Airport

The second Airbus plane purchased by Trade Bank of Iraq has arrived on Thursday evening, Oct. 4, in Baghdad International Airport. At hand receiving the plane, which has the capacity of 200 passengers, was the Minister of Transport, Hadi al-Amiri, and a number of the Ministry\'s officials, as well as TBI\'s Director General, Hamdiya al-Jaff. TBI had announced that it would receive, on Thursday, two Airbus planes it has purchased from a German company. Spokesman for TBI told NINA that the two Airbus planes, due to arrive on Thursday, have the capacity of 200 passengers each. He added that the Bank is planning to lease the planes to companies working in the travel sector for using them to increase travel capacities during Haj and Minor Haj seasons, as well as for tourism purposes. Earlier in the evening, the first plane arrived in Baghdad International Airport.