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Officials of the Afghan Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) on Wednesday said they had collected 210 million AFG in additional revenue over the past year, adding to a total of four billion AFG.
The officials said the main reason for the astronomical growth was the standardization of air space surveillance and revenue collection from air services.
"This year, we pursued more initiatives for our revenue collections and our space surveillance system is now digitalized and this boosted our income," MoTCA spokesman Hikmatollah Qawanj said.
The Ministry of Transportation & Aviation is the second largest government ministry after the Ministry of Finance, which collects taxes.
According to the officials, every 24 hours, around 280 aircrafts cross Afghanistan's air space, with Afghanistan charging a 400 USD transit fee each time.