Viking Hellas Airlines, part of Sweden’s Viking group, will launch flights to Baghdad on March 1 and to Sulaymaniya in Iraq from March 4, the company’s commercial director Roger Gatt told AFP late Wednesday.The airline began flying to Arbil in northern Iraq on February 5, Gatt added.

Flights to Baghdad will be available on Monday, with services to Sulaymaniya and Arbil on Thursday and Friday, respectively, operated by Boeing 737-300 aircraft. Return fares will be around 360 euros 500 dollars.Separately, the company announced the launch of flights from Athens to Manchester, in northern England, three times a week.