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Afghan president orders twice weekly flights for fruit exporters
AFGHAN President Ashraf Ghani ordered officials set up a twice weekly flights using a Kam Air Boeing 737 to fly fresh produce to India, reports Kabul's ToloNews.
President Ghani ordered officials to immediately resolve air cargo problem to ensure that 120 tons of fresh fruit reaches India every week.
President Ghani issued the order stating that the fruit must be delivered to Delhi and Amritsar every week.
The presidentual order comes after weeks of continuing losses of fresh fruit that rotted at Kabul airport because of flight delays.
"The cargo route is in a trial phase and there have been some problems. But in the meeting that was held with the president, it was decided Kam Air will soon start regular flights for transferring cargo to India," said a presidential spokesman.
As per the president's order, Kam Air will prepare a Boeing 737 within the next four days which will be used to transport fresh fruit to India.
"Our first flight to India will start on August 17 and we will have two flights per week to India, one from Kabul, another from Kandahar," Farid Paikar, Kam Air deputy head said.
Officials from the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI)meanwhile said the president has ordered that standard cold storage facilities be built at Hamid Karzai International Airport in the near future.
A farmer from Kandahar, Hazrat Gul, who trucks melons to Kabul markets, said he would make more money if he could sell to India.
"We will be happy if our fruit gets exported to other countries from Kandahar; this would be to our benefit," he said.
President Ghani ordered officials to immediately resolve air cargo problem to ensure that 120 tons of fresh fruit reaches India every week.
President Ghani issued the order stating that the fruit must be delivered to Delhi and Amritsar every week.
The presidentual order comes after weeks of continuing losses of fresh fruit that rotted at Kabul airport because of flight delays.
"The cargo route is in a trial phase and there have been some problems. But in the meeting that was held with the president, it was decided Kam Air will soon start regular flights for transferring cargo to India," said a presidential spokesman.
As per the president's order, Kam Air will prepare a Boeing 737 within the next four days which will be used to transport fresh fruit to India.
"Our first flight to India will start on August 17 and we will have two flights per week to India, one from Kabul, another from Kandahar," Farid Paikar, Kam Air deputy head said.
Officials from the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI)meanwhile said the president has ordered that standard cold storage facilities be built at Hamid Karzai International Airport in the near future.
A farmer from Kandahar, Hazrat Gul, who trucks melons to Kabul markets, said he would make more money if he could sell to India.
"We will be happy if our fruit gets exported to other countries from Kandahar; this would be to our benefit," he said.
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