20/01/2019
Kam Air (Pashto/Dari: کام ایر) is an airline headquartered in Kabul, Afghanistan. It operates scheduled domestic passenger services and regional international services. Kabul International Airport serves as its main hub.[3]
Kam Air
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IATA ICAO Callsign
RQ KMF KAMGAR
Founded. August 2003
Operating bases
Kabul International Airport
Secondary hubs
Kandahar International Airport
Frequent-flyer program
Go Orange
Fleet size
11[1]
Destinations
18
Company slogan
Afghanistan's Global Gateway
Headquarters
Kabul, Afghanistan
Key people
Zmarai Kamgar (Founder & CEO)[2]
Website
www.kamair.com
Blue Wing is currently neither reaching the IOSA minimum level of certification nor the EU one, as per the https://www.airlineratings.com/safety-rating-tool/
The airline was founded on 31 August 2003 by Zmarai Kamgar. It was the first privately owned passenger airline in Afghanistan.[4] Its first flight took off on 8 November 2003 on a route from Kabul to Herat and Mazari Sharif, using a Boeing 727. Kam Air's first plane was provided by General Abdul Rashid Dostum as payment for supplying Dostum's private militia with fuel and food.[5]
Kam Air has its headquarters in Hamed Karzai International Airport Apron C, and "Ticketing Office Kabul Business Centre Ground Floor Charahi Haji Yaqoob Kabul, Afghanistan". At one time it was located in the Kabul Business Centre in Shahr-e-Naw, Kabul, where a ticket office has operated since 2012.[6][7] Zmarai Kamgar is the Chairman and Chief Executive, Farid Peykar the senior Vice President, Timor Shahab the Vice President and Head of Flight Operations, and Parwiz Kamgar the Finance Manager.
Kam Air had announced the launch of European operations commencing in August 2010, with Vienna to receive service, followed by London (Gatwick).[8] However, according to Reuters, both routes were supposedly cancelled by British and Austrian authorities due to aircraft safety issues. Effective 24 November 2010, all Afghan carriers were banned from flying to the European Union because of the country's poor civilian aviation safety record.[9]
In 2017, the company leased a 737 airliner from Slovakia with a 30 member crew, but the contract was terminated after the leasing company raised issues about safety in Afghanistan.[10] As of January 2018, Kam Air operated 90 percent of domestic flights in Afghanistan, and was one of the biggest taxpayers in the country.[10] As of April 2017, the airline had planned to expand its route network to include Toronto, Vienna, Madrid, Munich, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Mumbai, Cape Town, Hangzhou, Kuala Lumpur, Washington DC, Jeddah, Jakarta, Kiev, San Francisco, Moscow and Frankfurt,[11] However as of 17 August 2017 details of this planned expansion have been removed from their website.
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Afghanistan Afghanistan
Herat – Herat International Airport[12]
Kabul – Hamid Karzai International Airport[12] Hub
Kandahar – Kandahar International Airport[12]
Mazar-i-Sharif – Mazar-i-Sharif Airport[12]
Tarin Kowt – Tarin Kowt Airport[12]
Bost - Bost Airport
Farah - Farah Airport
Zaranj – Zaranj Airport[12]
India India
Delhi – Indira Gandhi International Airport[12]
Iran Iran
Mashhad – Mashhad International Airport
Tehran – Tehran Imam Khomeini
Pakistan Pakistan
Islamabad – Islamabad International Airport[12]
Tajikistan Tajikistan
Dushanbe – Dushanbe Airport[12]
Turkey Turkey
Ankara – Esenboğa International Airport[12]
Istanbul – Istanbul Atatürk Airport[12]
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Sharjah – Sharjah International Airport[12]
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Tashkent – Tashkent International Airport[12][13]
Codeshare Edit
Kam Air has a codeshare agreement with Air Arabia.
