Afghanistan's Kam-Air to switch to an all-Airbus fleet

Kam Air (RQ, Kabul) has announced via social media that it plans to transition its current Boeing (BOE, Washington National) fleet to Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) machines over the next 6 months. The Afghan carrier says it plans to replace its B767-200(ER), MD-82, two MD-83s and two MD-87s with a fleet of A320-200s. It already operates one A320-200 right now.

Privately-owned KamAir operates on scheduled domestic and international services to destinations in the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia.

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