WORLD NEWS | Afghanistan: Air ticket prices have doubled since last year

kabul [Afghanistan]April 25 (ANI): Several travel agencies in Afghanistan say air ticket prices have doubled since last year, Afghanistan TOLO News reported.

According to agents, the current Kabul-Dubai air ticket price has risen to $500, compared with $250 two years ago.

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“Previously, Kabul-Dubai and Kabul-Istanbul flights cost more than $200, and now they cost more than $450,” said travel agent Hasib Ahmed.

“Prices are so high that people are facing challenges in terms of air tickets and transfers (cargo) to Dubai and Istanbul,” said Tamim, an employee at a travel agency.

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According to travel agencies, the number of passengers on the flight has decreased.

According to TOLO News, traders said they had asked the Taliban to monitor air ticket prices due to the increase in air ticket prices due to the grounding of foreign airlines.

“Unfortunately, airlines have recently raised air ticket prices, which are too high for passengers and traders,” trader Mahboobullah said.

“We are calling on the Islamic Emirate to help traders travel and control prices,” TOLO News quoted another trader, Ezatullah Niazi, as saying.

Afghanistan’s transport and civil aviation minister under the Taliban’s caretaker regime says rising global jet fuel prices are the most important reason for rising air travel prices in the country.

“We have a certain price for foreign flights, but if they raise more, we intervene, just like we intervened in Pakistani flights in the early days of the Islamic Emirate,” said Imamuddin Ahmadi, spokesman for the Taliban-led Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.

At present, companies such as Mahan, Taban, Kam Air, and Ariane are transporting passengers abroad. Major foreign airlines such as Emirates, Turkish Airlines, and FlyDubai have not yet resumed flights in Afghanistan. (Arnie)

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