Pamir Airways
| Pamir Airways | |
|---|---|
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| IATA code : | NO |
| ICAO code : | PIR |
| Call sign : | PAMIR |
| Founding: | 1995 |
| Operation stopped: | 2011 |
| Seat: |
Kabul , Afghanistan
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| Turnstile : | |
| Home airport : | Kabul airport |
| Fleet size: | 6th |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Pamir Airways ceased operations in 2011. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Pamir Airways was the first private airline in Afghanistan . It existed between 1995 and 2011.
history
Pamir Airways was founded in May 1995 as the first private Afghan airline and received its flight license from the then Ministry of Aviation. Pamir Airways started its flight operations with a Boeing 707-320 and two Antonov An-12s . According to its own information, the airline carried around 9,000 pilgrims to Hajj in 2004 and around 15,000 in 2005 . Pamir Airways was blacklisted by the European Commission at the end of November 2010 and was therefore banned from entering Europe.
In 2008, Sherkhan Farnud , who was on the board of directors of the airline and Kabul Bank at the same time , granted a loan of about 98 million US dollars. This could not be repaid by Pamir Airways, in particular because of the financial difficulties after the plane crash in 2010. In March 2011, the airline's license was withdrawn. The Boeing aircraft were handed over by the Afghan government to the state airline Ariana Afghan Airlines .
fleet
The Pamir Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of May 17, 2010):
| plane | active | operation area | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antonov An-24 | 0 | crashed on May 17, 2010 | formerly Airlift Services and Aviostart |
| Boeing 737-200 | 2 | Short and long haul | 1 decommissioned at Tucson Airport |
| Boeing 737-400 | 4th | Short haul | |
| total | 6th | ||
Incidents
On May 17, 2010, an Antonov An-24 operated by Pamir Airways ( aircraft registration YA-PIS ) crashed near the Salang Pass in Afghanistan. Five crew members and 39 passengers were killed. Pamir Airways Flight 112 .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of air carriers against which an operating ban has been issued in the EU ( Memento of October 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Luis Imbert: The robber bank of Kabul. In: the daily newspaper . November 13, 2011, Retrieved November 15, 2011 (copied from Le Monde diplomatique ).
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Pamir Airways Fleet
- ↑ Report on Tagesschau.de ( Memento from May 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
| Current |
Afghan Jet International • Ariana Afghan Airlines • East Horizon Airlines • Kam Air • Safi Airways |
| Former |