Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna) and parent Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt International) have suspended their respective Erbil, Iraq operations until March 23. The announcement comes a week after Emirates (EK, Dubai International), flydubai (FZ, Dubai International), and Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi International) announced similar, albeit indefinite, suspensions on their respective flights to the Kurdish stronghold.

This last weekend, Islamic State terrorists launched Katyusha rocket attacks on Erbil with three projectiles landing within the airport's vicinity.