Does the closer effect civilian airlines being used as military charters?
Probably. I've never seen the civilian aircraft in the military terminal areas. What this will do is put the civilians back on military flights to get in and out of Iraq. We used to do it like that in the early days.
Cargo will be moved in by military air only for the duration as well.
If it's for everybody's safety, we can appreciate it. Things have been a little nuts around here of late.
The military has other options, they don't normally fly troops into Baghdad, but BIAP is the hub for contractors flying in and out. I've been staged to return to BIAP for nearly a week now, 'suffering' th existance of hotel life in the UAE during Ramadan. Other arrangements will have to be made for us to return and for others to leave.
Quite frankly, I'm not thrilled with the idea of flying into BIAP in an old Russian 737 right now. But hey, if it's 'your time' it won't really matter.