Kish Air

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Kish Airlines
Kish Airlines logo.png
IATA ICAO Call sign
Y9KISKISH AIR
FoundedDecember 16, 1989
Commenced operations1990
Hubs
Fleet size11
Destinations27
Parent company Kish Free Zone Organization
Headquarters Kish Island, Persian Gulf, Iran
Key peopleCap. Ebrahim Siyahjani (CEO)
Website Kishairlines.ir

Kish Airlines (Persian : هواپیمایی کیش, Havāpeymāyi-e Kish) is an airline operating from Kish Island, Iran. [1] It operates international, domestic and charter services as a scheduled carrier. Its main bases are Kish International Airport and Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran. [2]

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History

The airline was established on December 16, 1989, and started operations in 1990. It is owned by Kish Free Zone Organisation (79%), Kish Investment and Development (11%) and Kish Development and Servicing (10%).[ citation needed ]

To start its passenger operations, after receiving temporary operations permission, the airline leased two aircraft (three Tupolev Tu-154 and four McDonnell Douglas MD-82/MD-83) from Bulgaria Airlines on a wet lease. Kish Air received its air operator certificate (AOC) in 1991, thus becoming the first private company to receive its AOC from Civil Aviation of Iran. At this time the company began wet-leasing three Tupolev Tu-154Ms from Russian leasing companies, returning the previously leased Bulgarian aircraft. The company also wet-leased two Yakovlev Yak-42D aircraft from Russia.

Towards the end of 1992, the company was at the verge of bankruptcy, and most of the key managers were replaced.[ when? ] In 1999, Kish Air having enough financial strength, decided to replace its wet-leased fleet with dry leased and purchased aircraft, and was able to operate two dry leased and two purchased Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft and hire and train the required aircrew and maintenance personnel. At present[ when? ] Kish Air also operates a fleet of medium-range MD-80 series aircraft and short-range Fokker 100 on its domestic and international routes.

Destinations

As of September 2023, Kish Air operates services to the following destinations:

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Iran Abadan Ayatollah Jami International Airport
Ahvaz Qasem Soleimani International Airport
Asaluyeh Persian Gulf Airport
Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas International Airport
Chabahar Chabahar Konarak Airport
Gorgan Gorgan Airport
Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport
Kish Kish International Airport Hub
Lamerd Lamerd International Airport
Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport Hub
Qeshm Qeshm Airport
Rasht Rasht Airport
Sari Dasht-e Naz Airport
Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport
Tabriz Shahid Madani International Airport
Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport Hub
Mehrabad International Airport Hub
Yazd Shahid Sadooghi Airport
Zahedan Zahedan Airport
Iraq Najaf Al Najaf International Airport
Kazakhstan Aktau Aktau International Airport
Almaty Almaty International Airport
Oman Muscat Muscat International Airport
Turkey Istanbul Istanbul Airport
United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai International Airport

Fleet

Kish Air McDonnell Douglas MD-82 at Dubai International Airport McDonnell Douglas MD-82 'EP-LCL' Kish Air (21897336905).jpg
Kish Air McDonnell Douglas MD-82 at Dubai International Airport
Kish Air Airbus A320 at Mehrabad Airport, Tehran Kish Air Airbus A320 in Mehrabad Airport 01.jpg
Kish Air Airbus A320 at Mehrabad Airport, Tehran

As of April 2023, Kish Air operates the following aircraft: [4]

Kish Air fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrderPassengersNotes
CYTotal
Airbus A321-200 2281421701 stored
28142170
Fokker 100 2100100
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 5161161One recently received from the Taliban from Kam Air [5]
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 2156156
Total11

Fleet development

In April 2017, it was announced that the airline planned to order six aircraft from ATR, with variant and delivery dates announced if, and when, the deal is signed by the airline. The aircraft were planned to be used to increase the number of flights on domestic flights in Iran. [6]

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft (at November 2017): [7]

Accidents and incidents

See also

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