Originally Posted by
santacruz
Emirates is undoubtedly a safe airline with high security standards but I find your blind faith puzzling.
My point is I'm not sure overflight of Kabul airspace, or other "dodgy" airspace for that matter, is the same as actually operating a scheduled service into the likes of Kabul. Losing a London-Singapore flight overflying Tehran or Afghanistan full of tourists/business people etc would damage a brand probably beyond repair; hence I think you're right with your assertion that an airline wouldn't do it unless they thought it was relatively safe. Is it really exactly the same if an aircraft was to be lost flying into Kabul Airport? I think the reaction of a lot of Joe Bloggs would be "its Kabul, who in their right mind would fly in there anyway..."
Afghanistan is a country of close to 50 million people, some airlines want to serve that market, maybe just maybe the passengers on that flight to Kabul actually want to fly to Afghanistan, mindblowing I know, people booking tickets to the destination that want to fly to.