History
The airline was founded on 31 August 2003 by Zamari Kamgar and was the first privately owned passenger airline in Afghanistan. Its first flight operated on 8 November 2003 between Kabul, Herat and Mazari Sharif with a Boeing 727. Kam Air's first plane was provided by General Abdul Rashid Dostum as payment for supplying Dostum's private militia with fuel and food.
Kam Air has its headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, opposite to the Embassy of the People's Republic of China. At one time it was headquartered in the Kabul Business Centre in Shah-e-Naw, Kabul. As of 2012, a ticketing office is at the Kabul Business Centre. Zamari Kamgar is the Chairman and Chief Executive, Farid Peykar as Vice President, Timor Shahab as Vice President and Head of Flight Operations, and Parwiz Kamgar as the Vice President and Finance Manager.
Kam Air had announced launch of European operations from August 2010, with Vienna coming online first and then London (Gatwick), but according to a Reuters, both were supposedly cancelled by British and Austrian authorities due to aircraft safety issues after a few flights. Effective 24 November 2010, all Afghan carriers were banned from flying to the European Union.
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