First plane coming from Turkey lands at Najaf Airport

NAJAF / IraqiNews.com: The first plane coming from the Istanbul Airport in Turkey landed at Najaf Airport on Saturday boarding businessmen who will participate in the Turkish reconstruction exhibition to be held in this holy Shiite city. “Some 100 investors will attend the 10-day Turkish reconstruction event scheduled to be inaugurated in Najaf city on Sunday,” Uday al-Bahash, the Najaf Airport information chief, told IraqiNews.com news agency. The Najaf International Airport had been officially opened on July 20, 2008. Najaf lies 160 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1