Etihad Airways and Middle East Airlines have announced that they will launch flights to Erbil International Airport in Iraq. Following its recent announcement that it is begin flights to Baghdad from April 26, Etihad said its flights to Erbil will begin on June 1. Meanwhile, Lebanon's national carrier Middle East Airlines has said the airline is set to launch four weekly flights from Beirut to Erbil beginning May 4. The carrier has operated daily service to Baghdad since 2009.