Salute!
ahem, Nut.....
"You would have thought the Taliban would have subsidised the difference until market forces..."
Beam me up! The last thing those religious zealots think about are "market forces" or most anything else except their view of a society that 99% of the rest of the world do not share. When another national airline has problems in the 'stan, there are economic and other considerations the Taliban do not value, and prolly won't for a long time.
Maybe we should have discussions over on the main forum if there are any members flying commercial planes into Kabul or Bagram or...
Gums sends...