{"id":22816,"date":"2024-08-25T06:49:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T06:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=22816"},"modified":"2024-08-25T06:49:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T06:49:56","slug":"over-260-flights-use-afghanistans-airspace-everyday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/08\/over-260-flights-use-afghanistans-airspace-everyday\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 260 flights use Afghanistan\u2019s airspace everyday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KABUL (SW) &#8211; With reports highlighting the increasing use of Afghanistan&#8217;s airspace by major global airlines due to the unstable security situation in the Middle East, officials from the de-facto Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) say that at least 260 commercial flights are now operating over Afghanistan each day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Imamuddin Ahmadi, spokesperson for the ministry, told Salam Watandar that this figure has risen from the previous average of 110 to 120 flights per day.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmadi added: &#8220;The number of commercial flights using Afghanistan&#8217;s airspace has increased. Previously, there were 110 to 120 flights every 24 hours; now, there are 260 to 265 flights within 24 hours, operated by various airlines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This increase follows a Reuters report from Friday, which indicated that, due to worsening security conditions in the Middle East, particularly over Iran and Israel, airlines have turned to Afghanistan&#8217;s airspace as an alternative.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters, the number of flights over Afghanistan in the second week of August, has surged more than sevenfold compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Experts view the rise in air traffic over Afghanistan as beneficial for the country and emphasize the need for further improvements and facilitation.<\/p>\n<p>Aziz Stanekzai, an expert on security and political issues, remarks, &#8220;Passenger aircraft that previously passed through Middle Eastern airspace are now utilizing Afghanistan&#8217;s airspace. This is advantageous for the country as we collect transit fees from these flights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Air traffic significantly had decreased in 2021 following the return of the Islamic Emirate to power in Afghanistan and the challenges in controlling airspace.<\/p>\n<h6><em><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL (SW) &#8211; With reports highlighting the increasing use of Afghanistan&#8217;s airspace by major global airlines due to the unstable security situation in the Middle East, officials from the de-facto Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) say that at least 260 commercial flights are now operating over Afghanistan each day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":22818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,16,8,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-report","category-governance","category-afghanistan","category-headline"],"views":143,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22816"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22826,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22816\/revisions\/22826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}