Safi Airways starts services from Kabul to Bahrain

• On 23 April, the Afghan Safi Airways launched new route from Kabul (KBL) to Bahrain (BAH). Thrice-weekly services will be offered on the 2,000-kilometre route on board the airline’s A320 aircraft. The only other carrier to offer services on the route is Gulf Air, which launched its also thrice-weekly services last summer. The two airlines will codeshare on the route, and Gulf Air’s CEO Samer Majali said: “Kabul is a key market for Gulf Air, where we have been witnessing a high-demand since we launched our service in June 2011 and we hope to further develop the market.”