Officials from Ariana Afghan Airlines on Thursday said the company has purchased a new Boeing-500-737 as part of its efforts to provide better services to its customers. 

The airbus has the capacity of transferring 120 to 130 passengers on board. 

Ariana Afghan Airlines officials said the company has invested $4.5 million to buy the airbus. 

Airline officials said the company conducts up to 30 flights to over nine destinations a week across the world and the new airbus will help to further upgrade aviation services to passengers.  

“It is a good airplane for those destinations where Ariana conducts flights. From a capacity and marketing perspective, the airbus can fly easily, because we have had experience with these planes in the past. including model 400 and we do not need additional training for our engineers and pilots,” said Mohammad Nader Omar, chairman of Ariana Afghan Airlines. 

Meanwhile, a number of passengers said airline companies in Afghanistan need to come up with more flexibility and modern services delivery to help people travel easily to their destinations. 

“There is a need for airplanes to carry passengers from one destination to another. Airline companies need to provide a better service to the people,” Mujiburrahman, a Kabul resident. 

“The passengers are not interested in travelling in old planes. If there are new airplanes people will be more interested to travel,” said Farmanullah, a Kabul resident.

Ariana has four shareholders, with the ministry of finance holding over 50 percent of the shares, making it the largest shareholder in the company.