Hyderabad: The top brass of Air India has ruled out the possibility of discontinuing its flights to Kabul, the capital of war-torn Afghanistan even after its pilots have raised security concerns and sought to halt the flights.
Arvind Jadhav, chairman and managing director of Air India, told the media on the sidelines of India Aviation 2010 in Hyderabad yesterday that there was no problem of security as far as flying in to Kabul was concerned.
He was asked to react to the letter sent by Indian Commercial Pilots' Association asking its members not to fly to Kabul as conditions were unsafe in Afghanistan.
Jadhav said that the letter was received by General Manager, Operations, Air India and he was attending to it. "But I don't see any problem. If they [pilots] have raised the point we will look into it but I don't think we are flying in to any unsafe zone as such," he said.
Apart from stressing that there was no security problem, Jadhav likened the flights to Kabul to supporting a lifeline and a support to Afghanistan. "This is a issue of prestige not only for the national carrier but also for the country," he said.
"We will have to support the lifeline. India supports Afghanistan. In such a situation we always try to ensure that entire flight is safe," he said.
