Biden administration to use commercial airlines to carry Afghan evacuees

Wasington DC, (Reuters): The US. President Joe Biden’s administration on Sunday said that commercial aircraft would be used to help ferry people who have been evacuated from Afghanistan.

A Pentagon spokesman said the 18 aircraft, including from United, American Airlines, and Delta, would not fly into Kabul but be used to transport people who have already left Afghanistan.

This is the third time such a move has been made under the “Civil Reserve Air fleet.” (Reuters)