International Airlines planning to suspend Afghanistan flights

Unconfirmed reports suggest that international airlines are planning to suspend flights to Afghanistan over deteriorating security situation.

An official in the Ministry of Transportation and Aviation of Afghanistan has confirmed that there are rumours regarding the suspension of flights by international airlines to Afghanistan.

Hikmatullah Qwanch, a spokesman for the Ministry of Transportation and Aviation told Reuters ther are rumours that Turkish Airlines, FlyDubai and Emirates also want to suspend their flights to Afghanistan until the security situation gets better.

Qwanch further added, “If there are more attacks on the airports and Afghanistan’s sky is not safe, then it will soon affect operations.”

This comes as the Indian airline – SpiceJet temporarily halted flights to capital Kabul following Thursday’s failed attack on Kabul airport which ended with the death of assailant militants only and no damages were incurred to the airport.

However, a Turkish Airlines official has told Reuters for now there were no such plans, while an Emirates official said all flights were operating normally.

“If the situation gets worse or attacks on Kabul airport become routine then we will stop our flights to Kabul,” the Emirates official said.