Deutsche Lufthansa, the flag-carrier airline of Germany, has announced that it plans to operate commercial flights to Iraq from its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich in Germany in the summer of 2010. If and when this happens, Lufthansa will be the first major carrier based in Europe or in the United States to have resumed scheduled flights to Iraq in 20 years.

Iraqi Airways, the national airline of Iraq, is planning to resume direct flights between Baghdad and Paris after a gap of 20 years.