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Afghanistan’s flag service, Ariana Afghan Airways, has confirmed it just lately bought an plane engine for one among its Boeing 737 plane from Serbia, whereas additionally buying an engine for its Airbus A310 from Turkey. The engines arrived in Kabul on Tuesday on a chartered cargo flight. “The engines, which have undergone complete inspection and evaluation according to worldwide technical requirements, had been acquired from Turkey and Serbia at a complete value of roughly 4.7 million US {dollars}. They’re scheduled to be put in and commissioned on Ariana Afghan Airways’ Boeing 737 and Airbus A310 plane within the close to future by the service’s technical crew. The upgrades are anticipated to enhance the regularity, security and general stability of flight operations”, Ariana stated in an announcement.
Ariana Afghan Airways presently operates a fleet of six plane, comprising three Airbus A310s, two Boeing 737-400s and one B737-500. One of many service’s 737-400s has been grounded for greater than a 12 months, whereas the common age of its Boeing fleet stands at round thirty years.
Regardless of its ageing fleet and operational constraints, Ariana Afghan Airways continues to function home companies in addition to a restricted variety of worldwide routes, primarily to neighbouring and regional locations.
