Safi Airways
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| IATA code : | 4Q |
| ICAO code : | SFW |
| Call sign : | SAFI AIRWAYS |
| Founding: | 2006 |
| Operation stopped: | 2016 |
| Seat: |
Dubai Airport ( Special Economic Zone ), United Arab Emirates
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| Home airport : | Kabul airport |
| IATA prefix code : | 741 |
| Management: | Gholam Hazrat Safi ( CEO ) |
| Fleet size: | 2 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.safiairways.com |
| Safi Airways ceased operations in 2016. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Safi Airways was an Afghan airline based in special economic zone of Dubai Airport and based on the Kabul airport .
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Safi Airways was founded in September 2006 by the Afghan millionaire Abdul Rahim Safi and his clan. According to Flight International , the first flight took place on November 17, 2007 with a Boeing 767-200ER purchased from Air China with three weekly connections from Kabul to Sharjah .
Safi Airways has its head office at Dubai Airport , operates according to information provided by the guidelines of the European Aviation Safety Agency EASA , has at Kabul airport own service services around the aircraft ( English fixed base operator, FBO) and allows handling services for business aircraft to freighters of the type Boeing 747 .
Safi is one of three airlines founded in Afghanistan and competes with the state-owned Ariana Afghan Airlines and the private Kam Air . It is also the first Afghan airline to be bookable in the global reservation systems.
Since November 24, 2010, all Afghan airlines without exception have been banned from entering EU airspace. This also applies to Safi Airways. Safi temporarily leased a Boeing 757 with a Spanish aircraft registration number in order to be able to continue serving the Kabul-Frankfurt am Main route. The Airbus A340-300 has meanwhile left the fleet and was scrapped by the owner in Lourdes in 2011 .
Destinations
Safi Airways flies from Kabul to national destinations in addition to international destinations in the Middle East . Before the entry ban into EU airspace was issued, there was a connection from Kabul to Frankfurt am Main three times a week . This route was served with the Airbus A340-300 in a three-class configuration (Business, Premium Economy, Economy).
There are interline agreements with Lufthansa , United Airlines , Emirates and Qatar Airways .
fleet
As of January 2018, the Safi Airways fleet consists of two aircraft with an average age of 25.2 years:
| Aircraft type | Aircraft registration | Remarks | Seats ( Business / Economy ) |
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| Airbus A320-200 | YA-TTD | 150 (12/132) | |
| Boeing 767-200ER | YA-AQS | inactive | 208 (12/196) |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ A piece of normality - Safi Airways ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: FlugRevue, October 2009, pp. 28–31.
- ↑ safiairways.aero - FBO & Jet Services ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ European Commission - List of airlines that are prohibited from operating in the EU, accessed on October 30, 2015
- ↑ safiairways.com - Where we fly , accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ Safi Airways signs interline agreement. airliners.de, January 26, 2010, accessed on August 25, 2010 .
- ^ Safi Airways Fleet Details and History. January 8, 2018, accessed May 20, 2018 .
- ↑ safiairways.com - Our Fleet , accessed October 30, 2015.
| Current |
Afghan Jet International • Ariana Afghan Airlines • East Horizon Airlines • Kam Air • Safi Airways |
| Former |