The Ariana Afghan Airline’s newly Taliban-appointed Chief Executive Officer has the airline’s intention to restart the international flights to Delhi Int’l during the latter part of September 2021. The Taliban-appointed CEO of the airlines shared the news of their plans to restart the flight service with Turkey’s Anadolu News Agency on September 10th, 2021.
In August, the Senior Manager at the Ariana Afghan Airlines, Tamim Ahmadi, revealed that the airlines had received a green signal for its operation from the Taliban. The aviation authorities had started planning the flight schedules and destinations for the flag carrier and the largest airlines in Afghanistan.
The head of the airlines, Qari Rahmatullah Gulzad, relayed the prompt start of the airlines has been only possible due to the support provided by technical teams from Turkey and Qatar. The technical teams helped the airlines to rebuild and secure the Kabul airport following the collapse of the government back up by the United States on August 15th, 2021 and take over by the Taliban. Gulzad further added the Qatari and Turkish teams would continue to work together on the Kabul airport for another month to bring international setting standards for the passenger’s support and comfort.
The domestic flights in the country from Kabul to Herat, Kandahar, and Mazar-e-Sharuff had resumed on September 4th, with the negotiation for the international travel routes. The goal of the negotiation with the Taliban was to resume flights for both humanitarian aid and to provide freedom of movement, including the resumption of the evacuation effort in the country.
Both domestic and international travel routes had been disrupted from Afghanistan since the Taliban took over the Capital on August 15th. The major airline companies like United Airlines, British…