خبرونه - سوداګري

The incomes of the Afghan Ministry of Transport and Aviation have increased by 30% percent compared to last year, the Ministry said on Wednesday.

The Afghan Ministry of Transport and Aviation said its income this year has reached approximately 90 million dollars.

The Ministry said it is planning to increase air transit taxes on foreign airliners using Afghan airspace.

It said much of the income is earned from air transit taxes.

According to the Ministry, around 250 planes pass over the Afghan airspace on a daily basis.

The air transit is charged between 400 to 450 US dollars per flights.

"We get our incomes through land transport taxes, but mainly through air transit taxes. We got 79 million dollars of incomes last year, but it increased to 90 million so far this year," Minister of Transport and Aviation, Dawood Ali Najafi, said.

Better transport management system and installation of radar stations in 26 provinces have helped increase the incomes, the Ministry added.