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'Kabul International Airport' , sometimes known as 'Khwaja Rawash Airport', is located 16 kilometers (9 miles) from downtown Kabul, Afghanistan.
Kabul Airport was built in the 1970s. Due to international sanctions under the Taliban, the airport was all but closed, with few international flights. Following the United States attack on Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York, the airport reopened. At first, it was only for the US military and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), a NATO-led peacekeeping force. After the removal of UN sanctions, in early 2002, it was finally allowed to be used for civilian airlines. The US military and ISAF (with the Romanian Air Force a lead contributor in 2005) run the airport and provide security with the Afghan authorities.
The airport had 54300 movements in 2006. So far (July 2007) traffic has increased by 33% and is projected to end up on 66000 movements. The average daily movement in 2007 is so far 191, and the record for 2007 is 347 movements.

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Construction project

Airlines and destinations

See also

References and footnotes

External links

Airlines

Construction project

The government of Afghanistan recently accepted an assistance package from the government of Japan to rebuild Kabul International Airport. The plans are to build a new 35 million US dollars modern-style terminal for international passengers, and use the existing terminal for domestic flights.
The contract has been signed with a Japanese construction company, and the work has begun in November 2006. The new international terminal is expected to be opened in 2008.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

★ Ariana Afghan Airlines (Ankara, Baku(refuel only), New Delhi, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha, Islamabad, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kandahar, Kuwait City, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Sharjah, Tehran-Mehrabad, Ürümqi)

★ Azerbaijan Airlines (Baku)

★ British Airways (London Heathrow) (Not currently operating)

★ Indian Airlines (Delhi)

★ Iran Air (Teheran-Imam Khomeini)

★ Iran Aseman Airlines (Mashhad)

★ Kam Air (Almaty, Delhi, Dubai, Herat, Istanbul, Mashhad, Mazar-e-Sharif)

★ Kuwait Airways (Kuwait) (Not currently operating)

★ Pakistan International Airlines (Islamabad, Peshawar)

★ Pamir Airways (Dubai, Herat)

★ Safi Airways (Dubai, Sharjah) (Not currently operating, starting October 2007)

★ Turkish Airlines (Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul, Izmir) (Not currently operating)

See also

★ Afghanistan

★ List of airports in Afghanistan

★ Bagram Airbase

★ Kandahar International Airport

References and footnotes

1. Work on terminal at Kabul Airport starts

External links

★ PDF on rebuilding the airport

★ A US State Department press release about NATO taking control of KBL

★ UK Minstry of Defence Images of KBL

★ Norwegian article about the airport

Airlines

★ Ariana Afghan Airlines

★ Azerbaijan Airlines

★ Kam Air

★ Indian Airlines

★ Iran Aseman Airlines

★ Pakistan International Airlines

★ Pamir Airways

★ Safi Airways