MoD asked to buy 4 planes for Ariana Airlines

[Afghan-India]

By Ahmad Quraishi Sep 29, 2013 - 19:30

KABUL (PAN): The National Security Council (NSC) on Sunday ordered the Ministry of Defense (MoD) to purchase four transportation planes for the state-run Ariana Airlines.
At a meeting chaired by President Hamid Karzai, the NSC agreed on the purchase of four Boeing 727 aircraft MoD, as recommended by Finance Minister Omar Zakhelwal.
A statement from the presidential office said the council asked MoD to buy the planes along with necessary equipment with its own funds. However, the statement gave no details of the cost and date for finalising the deal.
Recently, MoD said the 16 C-27 transportation planes purchased for it at a cost of $600 million by the US were useless because they were obsolete and old.
The move was aimed to resolve transportation problems of the Afghan National Army (ANA).
The government has identified rebuilding of the air force as a key priority, saying it remained committed to achieving the goal with its own cash and international aid, particularly from NATO countries.
Revival of the air force has been a major condition the government has set for signing the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the US.
Meanwhile, the NSC also approved a suggestion for giving bonus to better-performing members of bomb disposal units of security forces, the statement said.
The proposal was jointly floated by Mod, the Ministry of Interior and the National Directorate of Security (NDS).

 

[onionkiller]

very good. i wish peaceful and strong afganistan. long live india afgan friendship.

 

[[Bregs]]

Its nice to see Afghanistan making steady progress

 

[GR!FF!N]

Great news..as for C-27,I think new An-32 or C-295 will serve them well,though it needs longer runways to operate..though C-27 is extremely good aircraft and extremely capable and also can take off from short air strip,but too much costly for its class..

if they can lay hands on more C-130,it''ll be great.though they're costly to operate,comparably aircrafts above..

 

[Imran Khan]

B727 ? start production in February 9, 1963 and stopped production at 1984 . from where they will got these dead horses as 99% of 727s are grounded . 1832 planes were made and only 31 are in service in African poorest countries .

 

[jha]

727 are not being produced anymore imo..

Good going anyway.. Strength to Afghanistan..
@Imran Khan : Strength to Loya-Afghanistan

 

[Afghan-India]

B727 ? start production in February 9, 1963 and stopped production at 1984 . from where they will got these dead horses as 99% of 727s are grounded . 1832 planes were made and only 31 are in service in African poorest countries .

As the Article says, they will buy them from Ariana Afghan Airlines, Afghanistans national and state owned Airline.
Your stats are incorrect, there is around 180 B727 in Service as today, and most of them are in America, flying for lowcost Airlines.

Great news..as for C-27,I think new An-32 or C-295 will serve them well,though it needs longer runways to operate..though C-27 is extremely good aircraft and extremely capable and also can take off from short air strip,but too much costly for its class..

if they can lay hands on more C-130,it''ll be great.though they're costly to operate,comparably aircrafts above..

When the BSA is signed, we will know how the future AAF will look like, as far as medias report, the Afghan Government have been able to negotiate very big deals for the Airforce home at the BSA negotiations.

 

[Imran Khan]

As the Article says, they will buy them from Ariana Afghan Airlines, Afghanistans national and state owned Airline.
Your stats are incorrect, there is around 180 B727 in Service as today, and most of them are in America, flying for lowcost Airlines.



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sir your topic is

MoD asked to buy 4 planes for Ariana Airlines

for or from please confirm afghan ariana has total 8 planes and 4 of them are 727 so its mean they are taking backbone on ariana ?

 

[Afghan-India]

sir your topic is

MoD asked to buy 4 planes for Ariana Airlines

for or from please confirm afghan ariana has total 8 planes and 4 of them are 727 so its mean they are taking backbone on ariana ?

Thank you for your awareness Sir.

It is FROM, i have corrected the topic name. yes the 727's are the backbone of Ariana Airlines, but with this Ariana Airlines have to go out and find a replacement, hopefully newer planes.

 

[nnewman]

I know this is an old thread, but I'm looking for info on the aircraft the MoD purchased from Ariana. The whole transaction is now set to be investigated for corruption (check the latest news from the National Procurement Commission). Anyone got any details about the 727s? Thanks!