Ariana Afghan Airlines issues widebody ACMI RFP

Ariana Afghan Airlines (FG, Kabul) has issued a request for proposals to ACMI operators for the wet-lease of a single widebody aircraft starting February 1, 2022 and running for a period of three months.

According to the tender, the state-owned airline is looking for either an A310-300 or a B767 capable of seating between 150 and 300 passengers for use in connecting Kabul with each of Kandahar, Mazar i Sharif, and Herat locally as well as Dubai Int’l, Tehran Imam Khomeini, Mashad, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l, Delhi Int’l, Jeddah, Riyadh, Istanbul New, Ankara Esenboga, and Moscow Sheremetyevo internationally. Monthly flight hours have been set at a maximum of 130 hours.

Eligible aircraft should not be older than 24 years of age.

The bid closing date is January 7, 2022.

Ariana operates a single A310-300 and two B737-400s, the ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows.