Pamir Airways

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Pamir Airways
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PMPIRPAMIR
Founded1994
Commenced operationsMay 1995
Ceased operations2011
Hubs Kabul International Airport
Fleet size5 (upon closure)
Destinations10 (upon closure)
Headquarters Kabul, Afghanistan
Key people Sherkhan Farnood (Chairman)
Website pamirairways.af

Pamir Airways was a privately owned airline headquartered in Kabul, Afghanistan, [1] operating scheduled passenger flights out of Kabul International Airport . The company name is derived from the Pamir Mountains and translates "roof of the world".

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History

As the first private airline in Afghanistan before the Taliban takeover, [2] Pamir Airways was issued an Air Operator's Certificate in 1994 by the authorities then in charge of civil aviation in the Islamic State of Afghanistan. [1] Flight operations were launched in 1995 with an initial fleet of one Boeing 707-300 and two Antonov An-12 aircraft.[ citation needed ]

In April 2008, Pamir Airways was taken over by a group of Afghan businessmen led by Sherkhan Farnood, the president of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce & Industries and former chairman of Kabul Bank, who subsequently became chairman of the airline. Following the investment, Pamir Airways received a loan for $98 million from Kabul Bank, which was later exposed as one having indescribably poor lending standards (e.g. little to no interest required, no collateral required and repayment essentially optional). [3] An effort was made to re-organize the Pamir assets, including its aging fleet of grounded planes, which could not be sold at high enough prices to reclaim the funds, though. [3] As a consequence, the license of the airline was withdrawn, officially due to the poor safety record, on 19 March 2011. [4] [5]

Destinations

A Pamir Airways Boeing 737-200 departs Dubai in 2010. YA-PIR B737-232 Pamir Aws DXB 19MAR10 (4459042083).jpg
A Pamir Airways Boeing 737-200 departs Dubai in 2010.

Upon closure, Pamir Airways operated scheduled services to the following destinations: [6]

CountrypAirportNotes
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan Herat Herat Airfield
Kabul Kabul International Airport Base
Kandahar Kandahar Airport
Lashkar Gah Bost Airport
Mazar-i-Sharif Mazar-i-Sharif Airport
Flag of India.svg  India Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport
Riyadh King Khalid International Airport
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Dushanbe Dushanbe Airport
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai International Airport

During the Hajj season, Pamir Airways played a major role in taking Afghan pilgrims to Saudi Arabia (9,000 in 2004 and 15,000 in 2005).[ citation needed ]

Fleet

A Pamir Airways Boeing 737-400 shortly after take-off at Dubai International Airport in 2009. Pamir Airways Boeing 737-400.jpg
A Pamir Airways Boeing 737-400 shortly after take-off at Dubai International Airport in 2009.

Over the years, Pamir Airways operated the following aircraft types: [7]

Pamir Airways Fleet
AircraftIntroducedRetiredNotes
Antonov An-12 1995unknown
Antonov An-24 unknown2010
Boeing 707-320 1995unknownOne of the first aircraft types operated by the airline
Boeing 737-200 200820111 remained in fleet upon closure
Boeing 737-400 200920114 remained in fleet upon closure
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-15 2005unknown

Incidents and accidents

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References

  1. 1 2 Pamir Airways entry at airlineupdate.com [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "پامير هوايي شرکت : الوتکه مو نوې وه سپرلۍ بيمه دي" [Pamir Airlines: Our plane was new and passengers are insured]. BBC Pashto (in Pashto). 17 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Afghan Elite Borrowed Freely From Kabul Bank". The New York Times. 28 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "Airlines Suspending Operations: Afghan auhtorities [sic] suspend Pamir Airways - Blog - FleetWatch - Aviation & Aerospace Blogs - FlightGlobal". Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  5. ↑ "Afghan Elite Borrowed Freely From Kabul Bank". The New York Times. 28 March 2011.
  6. ↑ Pamir Airways flight schedule Archived 2011-04-26 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 25 April 2011.
  7. ↑ Pamir Airways fleet list at planespotters.net
  8. ↑ Afghan Official: Passenger Plane Crashes
  9. ↑ Afghan passenger flight reported missing
  10. ↑ "Britons in Afghan aeroplane crash". BBC News Online . 17 May 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2010.

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