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	Ariana Afghan Airlines
		Ariana Afghan Airline was established in January 1955 by an American who moved several of his war-surplus Dakota Aircraft up from India where he had been operating on a casual basis since a few years after the last war.
		Initially the Airlines was staffed with foreign pilots and mechanics, primarily Indians, and as Afghan National became trained in their respective feilds, they took over responsible positions in the Airline.
		In the year 1979, Ariana purchased a wide body aircraft DC 10, which was serving the Asia-Europe routs, and after few years of service, to the some technical problems Ariana sold that aiecraft and purchased two Topolove (TU 154) Advance Series, That during past few years of civil war Ariana lost both of them.
	www.geocities.com /afghanairlines/History.html (1117 words)

	Ariana Afghan Airlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ariana Afghan Airlines is the national airline carrier of Afghanistan, which is based in Kabul.
		Ariana Afghan Airlines was established on January 27, 1955.
		With the exception of one aircraft, the entire Ariana Afghan Airlines fleet is on the list of air carriers banned in the EU (as of July 2006).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ariana_Afghan_Airlines (945 words)

	:: Welcome to Ariana Afghan Airlines :: Flight Booking
		Ariana Afghan Airlines was established in January 1955.
		Ariana was reincorporated as a limited Liability Company with 51% of the shares owned by various entitles of the Afghan Government, and the remaining 49% acquired by Pan American World Airways.
		Ariana was proud to be the first regional airline to operate jet aircraft, as well as to be ranked during the 70s in the top ten globally in terms of airline safety.
	www.flyariana.com /history.php (1237 words)

	Taking Flight - NW-1201WTCEXC - MSNBC.com
		Like the rest of Ariana’s surviving fleet, it was destroyed by U.S. airstrikes on the Kabul airport during the bombing campaign.
		Many more of the airline’s planes were destroyed even earlier, in the civil war years of 1992-96, when fighting ebbed and flowed around the airport.
		Ariana’s current president is Harun Shafaq, who was service manager before the Taliban came and who then fled into exile in Tajikistan until Kabul fell to the Northern Alliance.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3067380/site/newsweek (904 words)

	Ariana Afghan Airline India - Ariana Afghan Airlines Profile - Ariana Afghan Airlines History
		Ariana Afghan Airline is the national airlines of Afghanistan.
		Ariana Afghan Airline was established in January 1955.
		In 1957, Ariana was reincorporated as a limited Liability Company with 51% of the shares owned by various entitles of the Afghan Government, and the remaining 49% acquired by Pan American World Airways.
	www.iloveindia.com /airlines-in-india/international/ariana-afghan-airlines.html (315 words)

	USATODAY.com - Travel - News - Afghan airline makes a bumpy return (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		KABUL, Afghanistan — Check-in for Ariana Afghan Airlines' newest flight, from Frankfurt, Germany, to this war-ravaged capital, is surprisingly friendly and efficient.
		The bulk of the passengers appear to be prosperous Afghan exiles on their way to visit the homeland.
		Their children play tag for hours in the aisles, unimpeded by the cabin attendants, who are oblivious to the fact that some passengers are trying to sleep on the overnight journey.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/news/2002/2002-10-29-ariana.htm (829 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Afghan airline rebuilds on a wing and a prayer
		Ariana is slowly rebuilding, but it will be a long haul, not just to rebuild the fleet but to counter perceptions about an airline dubbed "Scariana" by detractors and aficionados alike and not famous for its timekeeping.
		There was actually one brief scare during the haj, when an Ariana airliner bound for Saudi Arabia was forced to land in the United Arab Emirates due to suspicions it might have been hijacked.
		Ariana now flies to six countries – Iran, Pakistan, India, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Germany – and has signed pacts to expand its service to China and Azerbaijan.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20030428-0500-afghan-ariana.html (751 words)

	FLUG REVUE July 2003: Ariana on the way to build new business
		Ariana is flying with a fleet of recently acquired used aircraft.
		Thus, according to Arifi, the airline is aiming for 200,000 passengers to be handled by its reconstructed fleet in the year 2003.
		For Ariana this was an important step in the direction of normality, and brought with it the hope of being able to restore the old, more successful days.
	www.flug-revue.rotor.com /frheft/FRH0307/FR0307h.htm (1590 words)

	Welcome to Air India
		Ariana Afghan Airlines’ employees, who are at present undergoing intensive training at Air India’s training facilities in Mumbai, had their wish fulfilled when the national carrier arranged a meeting for them with Bollywood icon, Mr Amitabh Bachchan, at the Centaur Hotel Mumbai Airport on August 29, 2002.
		The first aircraft, painted in Ariana colours, was handed over by Mr Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Hon’ble Minister of Civil Aviation, to Mr Yashwant Sinha, Hon’ble Minister of External Affairs, on August 9, 2002 at a function held at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi.
		Air India, which is assisting Ariana Afghan Airlines during the first three months of operation, is making good the capacity reduction on account of the A300-B4 aircraft being handed over to them through dry leasing of more Airbus 310s.
	www.airindia.com /article.asp?articleid=37 (478 words)

	Ariana - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		ARIANA [Ariana] or Aryana, general name for the eastern provinces of the ancient Persian Empire.
		It was used to mean the regions S of the Oxus (modern Amu Darya) River; the regions to the north were called Transoxiana (see Sogdiana).
		Ariana is included in present E Iran, N and E Afghanistan, and India NE of the Indus River.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-ariana.html (243 words)

	Passenger Opinions about Ariana Afghan Airlines
		Ariana have a few ancient 727's and two Airbus AB300's which were donated by India.
		I was told by a source that one of the Ariana pilots failed his training on them and was still flying.
		Ariana Afghan Airlines from Kabul-Jakarta and found the service good in considering Afghanistan is a poor country.
	www.airlinequality.com /Forum/ariana.htm (1388 words)

	FRONTLINE/WORLD Fellows . AFGHANISTAN - Without Warlords . Insha Allah Airlines \| PBS
		It was my third trip on Ariana and aside from a real danger of baggage tumbling out during takeoff, I wasn't too worried that parts of the plane would actually fall off.
		Ariana is a reflection of Afghanistan -- a fragile survivor of two decades of war and decline.
		I was born here in 1979, exactly one month before Soviet tanks rolled into Kabul and stayed for a decade-long occupation and war that killed 2 million Afghans and thousands of Red Army soldiers.
	www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/fellows/afghanistan/01.html (667 words)

	92 airlines banned from European airports - Boston.com
		Barrot said the high number of listed Congolese airlines was partly due to years of civil war, after which old military planes, many manufactured in the former Soviet Union, were converted for civilian and cargo use.
		Only one airline from Congo, Hewa Bora Airways, is allowed to use one approved plane for its flights to the EU, while another African airline, Air Mauritania, was given a grace period of a couple of months to meet EU safety norms.
		Under the new rules, passengers also will have a right to compensation if the airline on which they were to fly was included on the list or replaced by another banned airline after they bought the ticket.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/03/22/airlines_blacklisted_from_europe_airports (630 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Afghan airline returns to the skies
		The airport is home to the national carrier, Ariana Afghan, one of the world's most troubled airlines.
		Ariana Afghan has had to cope with two decades of war.
		As soon as runaway conditions permit, Ariana Afghan plans to start routes to the Indian cities of Delhi and Amritsar, and to the United Arab Emirates, according to technical advisor, Mr Fidawi.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1691388.stm (546 words)

	Airdisaster.Com Forums - Ariana Afghan Airlines
		Ariana Afghan Airlines is not in the same league as British Airways or even Pakistan International Airlines.
		From that point on Ariana was in the town's pockets — which meant, given the demanding requirements of the Taliban's guest and good friend, that it belonged equally to Osama bin Laden.
		It took a couple of weeks for the Ariana 727 to be released from STN after the end of the affair until the UK authorities were satisfied that the aircraft was safe to fly (Ariana was only supposed to fly domestically then due to UN sanctions).
	www.airdisaster.com /forums/showthread.php?t=46813 (2065 words)

	e-Ariana - Todays Afghan News
		Ariana Afghan Airlines has appointed Aviareps as their GSA in eight markets.
		Ariana Afghan is the national carrier of Afghanistan.
		The clientele of Ariana Afghan mainly consists of passengers of the sectors politics, military, ethnical traffic as well as international help organisations.
	www.e-ariana.com /ariana/eariana.nsf/allDocs/24645D15D6B9468D872570CE005EA12F?OpenDocument (308 words)

	Ariana afghan airlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Noting that Ariana Afghan Airlines is no longer owned, leased or operated by or on behalf of the Taliban, nor are its funds and other financial resources...
		Boeing and Ariana Afghan Airlines have signed an agreement for the purchase of four 737-700 airplanes, the first to be delivered in 2009.
		Ariana Afghan Airlines - FG - Kabul - Afghanistan - Mr Khalil...
	496.ebmlv3.info (596 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Afghan airline returns to Pakistan
		Afghanistan's national airline, Ariana, has resumed flights between the Afghan capital, Kabul and Islamabad, the capital of neighbouring Pakistan.
		Ariana Airlines has been coming to life since the lifting of United Nations sanctions which had banned all international flights from Afghanistan in the last years of the Taleban.
		Not long ago, Ariana was down to only one working aeroplane, but with the recent purchase of a Boeing 727 from American Airlines, it has doubled its fleet.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/1982397.stm (360 words)

	e-Ariana - Todays Afghan News
		DUBAI —; Afghanistan's national airline Ariana Afghan Airlines and UAE's renowned integrated freight forwarding and logistics provider, Consolidated Shipping Services Group (CSS) recently entered a cargo sales agreement to handle air freight from the U.A.E to Afghanistan.
		Initially, Ariana Afghan Airlines will operate IL-76 aircrafts with a frequency of 2 flights a week (Sunday and Thursday), starting end January 2006 and will later increase the frequency depending on cargo traffic on the route.
		As a National carrier, Ariana Afghan Airlines has been playing a great role across both passenger and cargo transportation.
	www.e-ariana.com /ariana/eariana.nsf/allDocs/B0DA8D63FE65D066872570FD0040FB56?OpenDocument (309 words)

	Welcome to Air India
		The delivery of the aircraft was effected soon after a ‘C’ check to enable Ariana Afghan Airlines use the aircraft uninterruptedly for the next 4,000 flying hours.
		The aircraft, which were deployed by Ariana for Haj flights, are being used by the airline to operate their commercial services to Sharjah, Turkey and Germany.
		Air India’s personnel — operating crew and maintenance engineers — were deputed to Ariana to assist in the operations in the initial period.
	www.airindia.com /article.asp?articleid=161 (346 words)

	View From the Wing
		After reading yesterday about U.S. involvement in the creation of a new Iraqi national airline, I tracked down the national airline of Afghanistan, Ariana Afghan Airlines.
		The airline is pushing new 'online booking' which just consists of a fill-in form to enter your name and the dates you would like to travel.
		At present Ariana posses four Boeing 727-200 and three Airbus 300B4 which are in good are reliable condition.
	blogs.flyertalk.com /blogs/viewwing/archives/2004/02/ariana_afghan_a.html (229 words)

	This Week's Press Briefings and Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This means that all of Ariana?s assets within U.S. jurisdiction are now blocked and that no U.S. entity or individual can now engage in business transactions with that airline anywhere in the world.
		These sanctions are in response to the Taliban?s continuing provision of safe haven to Usama bin Ladin, thereby allowing his Al-Qaida organization to operate a network of terrorist training camps from Taliban-controlled territory and to use Afghanistan as a base from which to sponsor terrorist operations.
		Ariana is the only international carrier with regular flights in and out of Afghanistan.
	www.fas.org /irp/news/1999/08/990810-terror-wh2.htm (391 words)

	Ariana Afghan Airlines [Archive] - Airwise Discussion Forum
		CAI makes sense for Ariana due to the long-term relations, not least due to the El-Azhar University which of course is and always has been regularily attended by Afghan Muslim scholars.
		Ariana would comete with PK and AI, since all three are in Central Asia.
		and i didn't noe ariana flew to moscow and tehran amristar and baku!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	forum.airwise.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-2824.html (1678 words)

	WebWire® \| Boeing and Ariana Team Up for Airline’s Renewal
		Dubai, Nov. 2, 2005 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Ariana Afghan Airlines have finalized a fleet renewal plan that includes the lease of two 757-200s from Boeing Capital Corporation, as well as the direct purchase of four Next-Generation 737-700 airplanes that the airline will receive beginning in 2009.
		The agreement also includes an advanced training package for Ariana’s flight and cabin crews and maintenance and engineering staff to begin training for the 757-200s that will be delivered later this month.
		Following several years of war and turmoil, Ariana’s management has been hard at work over the past year implementing a recovery plan to reestablish the airline’s proud history and record for safety, reliability and service.
	www.webwire.com /ViewPressRel.asp?aId=5234 (339 words)

	Welcome to Air India
		The first of the three Airbus 300-B4s in Air India’s fleet, being gifted to Ariana Afghan Airlines by the Government of India was handed over by Shri Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Hon’ble Minister of Civil Aviation to Shri Yashwant Sinha, Hon’ble Minister of External Affairs in Delhi today.
		The other two aircraft will be delivered to Ariana Afghan Airlines in the last quarter of 2002.
		Air India will provide support services to Ariana personnel for about three months to assist the airline in handling the aircraft in the initial period.
	www.airindia.com /article.asp?articleid=39 (360 words)

	Afghanistan Transportation - Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
		For a while I was getting quite nervous because one fierce looking Afghan seemed to be staring at me from the front of the bus, and I was starting to imagine how quickly he might like to brutally kill me if he should ever have the opportunity.
		Maby other airlines will start flying as well and so it will be easier to get in and out of Afghanistan.
		Ariana Airlines (Afghanistans only airline) will not allow westerners to book flights so flying in is not an option.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Afghanistan/Transportation-Afghanistan-R-2.html (3195 words)

	Afghanistan News Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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		The three-engined Ariana Afghan 727 from Islamabad touched down at Kabul International Airport with four passengers, nine crew and 145 empty seats.
		Ariana now flies to six countries -- Iran, Pakistan, India, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Germany -- and has signed pacts to expand its service to China and Azerbaijan.
	www.afghanistan.org /news_detail.asp?15261 (874 words)

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