FlyDubai Resumes Flights to Kabul Amid Taliban Rule

The resumption of service is seen as a sign of Afghanistan's airspace returning to a secure state, despite most Western carriers avoiding the region.

FlyDubai, a United Arab Emirates-based airline, has resumed flights to Kabul's international airport, two years after halting service when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan.
The Taliban's deputy prime minister, Abdul Ghani Baradar, described the flight resumption as indicative of the restoration of Afghanistan's airspace to a secure and conventional state.
FlyDubai will now make two flights a day to Kabul, however, nearly all Western carriers are avoiding flying in Afghan airspace.
Two Afghan airlines, Kam Air and Ariana Afghan Airlines, operate from Kabul to destinations such as Dubai, Moscow, Islamabad and Istanbul.
In May last year, the Taliban signed a deal allowing an Emirati company, GAAC Solutions, to manage three airports in Afghanistan.