Kam Air

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Kam Air Airlines
Kam Air logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
RQ KMF KAM AIR
Founded August 2003
Operating bases Kabul International Airport
Frequent-flyer program Go Orange
Fleet size 8[1]
Destinations 11
Company slogan Afghanistan's Global Gateway
Headquarters Kabul, Afghanistan
Key people Zamari Kamgar (Founder & CEO)[2]
Website www.kamair.com

Kam Air (Persian: 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]

History

The airline was founded on 31 August 2003 by Zamari 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 Kabul, opposite the Embassy of the People's Republic of China.[6] 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] Zamari 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 2014, Kam Air was ranked as one of the worlds least safe by AirlineRatings.com.[10][11]

Destinations

A Kam Air Boeing 737-200 at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, in 2007.
A Kam Air MD-80 at Kandahar International Airport in 2012

Kam Air served the following in July 2015;

Afghanistan
India
Tajikistan
United Arab Emirates

The airline plans to expand its route schedule to include flights to Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey; Baku, Azerbaijan; Baghdad and Najaf, Iraq; and Hangzhou, China. It further is looking to re-introduce its route to Urumqi, China and Moscow, Russia, as well as to add flights to Europe and the United States.

Kam previously served Jalalabad, Kunduz, Faizabad, Maimana, London-Gatwick, Vienna, Peshawar, Islamabad, Mashhad, Tehran, Almaty and Urumqi. The airline currently serves various routes based on greater profitability:[12]

Fleet

Kam Air Boeing 737-200 landing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Current

The Kam Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2015):[13]

Kam Air
Aircraft In fleet Order Passengers Notes
Boeing 747-200F 2 0 Cargo
Boeing 767–200 1 0 214
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 1 0 155
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 2 0
McDonnell Douglas MD-87 2 0 130
Total 8 0

Retired

Kam Air Boeing 767–200 landing at Dubai

Kam Air previously operated the following aircraft:[14]

Incidents and accidents

References

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  4. ↑ China diverts 'bomb threat' plane. Al Jazeera. August 9, 2009.
  5. ↑ Portfolio at NYU | Best Of: Lord of the Skies – In war-torn Afghanistan, Zamarai Kamgar has built the only private airline.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Contact Us." Kam Air. Retrieved on 30 January 2012. "Kam Air Head Office Ministry of Foreign Affairs Road Opposit [sic] Chinese Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan" and "Ticketing Office Kabul Business Centre Ground Floor Charahi Haji Yaqoob Kabul, Afghanistan"
  7. ↑ "Contact Us." at the Wayback Machine (archived May 28, 2009) Kam Air. Retrieved on 23 September 2009. "Kamair Headquarters Address: 1st Floor, Kabul Business Centre Char Rahi Haji Yaqub, Shah-e-Naw Kabul Afghanistan Afghanistan"
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  12. ↑ Kam Air flight schedule
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  19. ↑ Afghan plane to Urumqi lands in Kandahar city. Xinhua. August 9, 2009.
  20. ↑ China turns back Xinjiang plane. BBC News. August 9, 2009.
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External links

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