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Safi Airways Co. (Pashto: صافي هوايي شرکت; Persian: خطوط هوایی صافی)[3] was the first and largest privately owned airline from Afghanistan. The airline had its headquarters in Shahr-e-Naw, Kabul, Afghanistan, an administrative office in the Dubai Airport Free Zone.

Safi Airways
IATA ICAO Callsign
4Q SFW SAFI
Founded2006
Ceased operations2018
Operating basesHamid Karzai International Airport
Secondary hubsAhmad Shah Baba International Airport
Focus citiesHerat, Dubai
Frequent-flyer programSaffron Rewards
Fleet size34
Destinations18
Parent companySafi Airways Ltd[1]
HeadquartersKabul, Afghanistan
Key people
  • Ghulam Hazrat Safi (Chairman)
  • Zaidan Khalifat (Deputy CEO)
  • Joshua G. Bustos (CCO[2])
Websitewww.safiairways.com

History


A former Safic Aisaways Boeing 737-300 (2009)
A former Safic Aisaways Boeing 737-300 (2009)
Former Safi Airways Airbus A340-300 still wearing the livery of previous operator Air Comet (2010)
Former Safi Airways Airbus A340-300 still wearing the livery of previous operator Air Comet (2010)

Safi Airways has been founded as a subsidiary of the Safi Group and in 2006 by its chairman and CEO, Ghulam Hazrat Safi. On 15 June 2009, Safi Airways commenced operations between the Afghan capital, Kabul, and Frankfurt Airport, Germany. This service was however suspended on 24 November 2010 due to an EU ban barring all Afghan carriers from flying into Europe[4] and did since never resume.

On 5 November 2009, Safi Airways took delivery of a pre-owned Airbus A340-300, which was phased out after suspension of the Frankfurt route due to the EU ban.[5][6] In 2011, Safi Airways replaced their Boeing 737-300 aircraft with Airbus A32x aircraft. They intended to acquire an Airbus A330 for long haul routes in 2016[7] which however did not take place.

Since February 2012, Safi Airways is the first Afghan airline to operate in compliance with European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) requirements, IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) and ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).[8] 2015 Safi Airways featured Bahari Ibaadat Miss Afghanistan 2014 in their Inflight magazine[9]

On 5 September 2016, Afghan authorities forced Safi Airways to suspend all operations over unpaid debt and disbanding.[10]


Destinations


As of September 2018, Safi Airways served the following destinations:[11]

Country City Airport Notes Ref
AfghanistanBagramBagram AirfieldTerminated
AfghanistanHeratHerat International Airportsuspended[11]
AfghanistanKabulHamid Karzai International AirportHub[11]
AfghanistanBalkhMaulana Jalaluddin Balkhi International Airportsuspended[11]
AfghanistanKandaharKandahar International Airportsuspended[11]
BahrainManamaBahrain International Airport
CanadaTorontoToronto Pearson International Airport
GermanyFrankfurtFrankfurt Airport
GermanyBonnBonn International Airport
GermanyHamburgHamburg International Airport
IndiaDelhiIndira Gandhi International Airportsuspended[11]
IndiaHyderabadRajiv Gandhi International Airport
IranTehranMehrabad International Airport
IranMashhadMashhad International Airportsuspended[11]
KuwaitKuwait CityKuwait International Airport
PakistanIslamabadIslamabad International Airportsuspended[11]
PakistanKarachiKarachi International Airport
Saudi ArabiaJeddahKing Abdulaziz International Airportsuspended[11]
United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiAbu Dhabi International AirportTerminated
United Arab EmiratesDubaiDubai International Airportsuspended[11]
United Arab EmiratesSharjahSharjah International Airport

Fleet



Current fleet


Safi Airways Airbus A320-200
Safi Airways Airbus A320-200
Safi Airways Boeing 767-200ER
Safi Airways Boeing 767-200ER

As of October 2016, the Safi Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[12]

Safi Airways Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers Notes
J Y Total
Airbus A320-200 8 — 12 132 144
Boeing 767-200ER 7 — 12 196 208 stored
Total 15 0

    Former fleet


    Safi Airways previously operated the following aircraft:

    Aircraft Introduced Retired
    Airbus A319-100[13] 2013 2017
    Airbus A340-300 2009 2015
    Boeing 737-300 2008 2017
    Boeing 737-400 2016 2018
    Boeing 757-200 2012 2018
    Airbus A330-200 2017 2018
    Airbus A340-600 2017 2018
    Boeing 777-300 2017 2018

    References


    1. "Conditions of Transport" (PDF). Safi Airways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
    2. Kamel, Deena. "Afghanistan's Safi Airways Plans Route Expansion, Jet Purchases". Retrieved 8 September 2016.
    3. "Safi Airways- Flights to Kabul, Dubai, Jeddah, Delhi, Islamabad". Retrieved 8 September 2016.
    4. spiegel.de - "EU places Afghan airlines on blacklist" (German) 22 November 2011
    5. "Skyliner - aviation news & more". Retrieved 8 September 2016.
    6. "Airliners.net - Aviation Photography, Discussion Forums & News". Retrieved 8 September 2016.
    7. "News Channel - Homepage - flightglobal.com". Retrieved 8 September 2016.
    8. Contact Info
    9. FashionModelDirectory.com, The FMD-. "Cover of Safi Airways Inflight Magazine with Bahari Ibaadat, November 2015 (ID:54035)| Magazines | The FMD". The FMD - FashionModelDirectory.com. Retrieved 21 August 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
    10. reuters.com - Afghan carrier Safi Airways grounded over debts 5 September 2016
    11. "Where we fly". Safi Airways. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
    12. "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 4.
    13. Safi ends A319 operations


    Media related to Safi Airways at Wikimedia Commons


    На других языках

    [de] Safi Airways

    Safi Airways war eine afghanische Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz in der Sonderwirtschaftszone des Flughafens Dubai und Basis auf dem Flughafen Kabul.
    - [en] Safi Airways

    [fr] Safi Airways

    Safi Airways (Code AITA : 4Q ; code OACI : SFW ; Hub : Kaboul) était une compagnie aérienne privée de l'Afghanistan.

    [ru] Safi Airways

    Safi Airways (перс. خطوط هوایی صافی‎)[2] — упразднённая частная афганская авиакомпания со штаб-квартирой в Кабуле, выполнявшая регулярные внутренние и международные пассажирские перевозки.


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