Bus from Diyabakir to Erbil leaves at 11:00. Best Van: Running from Ainkawa Road in Erbil to Istanbul via Adana, Aksaray, Ankara (14:00) and Diyabakir (16:00, via Hasankeyf, Batman).There are at least two other Turkish companies running buses from Erbil to cities ın Turkey - look around for flyers on Iskan Road. Can Diyarbakir Buses (Tel Erbil: 0750 895 62 17-18-19) leave daily from Family Mall on 100m Road to Istanbul via Ankara, Diyarbakır and other cities inbetween.Tickets can be bought from the many bus company offices at Family Mall. Cizre Nuh Buses (Tel Erbil: 0750 340 47 73) run everyday at 15.30 from the new Bus Station 5 minutes walk away from Family Mall to Istanbul (USD80) via Silopi (USD40) Diyabakir and other Cities inbetween.Recently there are bus companies running services connecting Erbil to Dyiarbakir in Turkey (10-15 hours) and Istanbul (36-48h): Bring enough money to exchange for the cab ride to town. Note: The ATM's at the airport do not work anymore as of a November 2020 visit. Most other nationalities must obtain a visa, or they may seek a letter of invitation from the KRG Department of Foreign Relations to facilitate a visa into the Kurdistan Region. After that you must visit the residency office to extend your stay. Germania Airlines flies from Erbil and Sulaymaniyah to Dusseldorf, Munich and StockholmĬitizens of the EU, the US, Canada, Japan and Australia (list is not exhaustive) are given a free stamp of 15 days on arrival.Air Arabia also has flights from (Sharjah and Amman) to Erbil.(currently they have discontinued their services but will resume from end of October 2015) Etihad Airlines flies from Erbil to Abu Dhabi with connecting flights onwards.Mahan Air established flights to Tehran in 2012.Pegasus Air has low-cost flights with connection in Istanbul.Turkish Airlines has flights to Istanbul and on to the rest of the world, as well as Gaziantep and Diyarbakir under its AnadoluJet brand.

Turkish Airlines and Pegasus have flights to Istanbul.

MEA flies to Erbil from Lebanon on 6 flights per week.

Qatar Airways flies 4 times a week between Erbil and Doha.

Royal Jordanian has regular flights from Amman.

Lufthansa has recently restarted four weekly round trip flights from Frankfurt.

Egypt Air flies 4 times per week from Cairo to Erbil, and 3 times per week from Erbil to Cairo.

As of July 2007, Austrian is operating four flights a week to/from Vienna.

Austrian Airlines launched flights between Vienna and Arbil (Erbil) (Irbil) twice weekly in December 2006.

Kurdistan is served by Erbil International Airport with a growing number of international airlines serving Erbil.

Erbil to sulaymaniyah taxi