A cooperation contract between a number of international airlines and an Afghani carrier has been signed to make traveling to Kabul much easier. “Safi Airways is the first Afghan carrier to sign a cooperation contract with United Airline, Lufthansa and Emirates Airlines” Claus Fischer, Chief Communications Officer of Safi Airways, told The Media Line. “Starting Wednesday, it will be the first time it has been possible to buy a single-fare ticket from Kabul to Washington.” The Safi family owned carrier plans to facilitate travel in and out of Afghanistan for Western expats and increasing numbers of Afghan families who now live abroad. Though the airline was founded in 2006 it did not start flying until 2008 and for the past nine months has been under a new management team. “We are currently operating a fleet of four aircrafts, two Boeing 737 one Being 767 and one Airbus 340,” he said. “We are serving the markets from Kabul to Dubai and will start Kabul to Doha [in Qatar]. Since last June we are the only carrier with non-stop flights from Kabul to Frankfurt.”
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