List of airlines of Iran

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Iran has several private and public airline companies in operation. The oldest is the Iranian Airways Company, founded in 1944 (known as Iran Air since 1961).

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As of June 2009, Iranian planes fly 45 international flight routes. Most of the fleet of Iranian airlines today consist of old Boeings and used or leased Airbus and regional jets such as British Aerospace 146 and ATR 72 and Fokker 100. [1] Economic sanctions from the United States prevents Iran from purchasing most new western made aircraft to update its rapidly aging fleet. Iran's own poor safety regulations and mismanagement on behalf of the Iran civil aviation authorities has also been a known factor to blame. [2] This has resulted in a series of ongoing disasters and incidents. [3] Because of this, in the last 25 years there have been 17 plane crashes, and 1500 deaths (From 2000 to 2006, 11 Iranian plane crashes claimed about 700 lives). [4] [5]

Iran has initiated manufacturing aircraft on its own such as the IR.AN-140. [6] A number of 108 airliners have been added to the fleet of Iranian passenger planes during the last five years. [7] As at July 2015, Iran had 251 commercial planes with 41,218 seats and 6 cargo planes, many (around 100) of which are not functional because of a lack of spare parts.[ citation needed ] In 2021, Iranian media reported than 50% of Iran’s fleet is grounded because of lack of spare parts and other technical problems. [8]

In 2016, Iran announced its intention to buy over 200 heavy airplanes from Boeing and Airbus at a cost of more than $50 billion, which exceeds the entire fleet of Air France who operates in a country that has seven times the number of passengers as Iran. [9] [10] This, in addition to more planned orders of 100 medium-range planes to Japan's Mitsubishi, Brazil's Embraer and Canada's Bombardier.[ citation needed ] Iran says these deals include authorization to maintain these planes inside of Iran, including the production of parts and training. [11] [12]

Iran plans to buy 400 passenger planes by 2025 worth some $20 billion, if US sanctions are lifted. [13] [14]

During the summer of 2023 Iran had a scarcity of available plane tickets. [15]

Commercial airlines

Airline Logo IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations		 Hub Notes
Asa Air EPSJTASA JET1999 Tehran, Tehran IKA
Chabahar Airlines RUIRUCHABAHAR1999 Tehran, Tehran IKA
Iran Air EP-IJB (38370274115).jpg IRIRAIRANAIR1961 Tehran, Tehran IKA Flag carrier of Iran
Iran Airtour Iran Airtour, EP-MNN, Airbus A300B4-605R (46913407144).jpg B9IRBAIRTOUR1973 Mashhad, Tabriz
Iran Aseman Airlines Iran Aseman Airlines Airbus A340-311 landing at Mehrabad Airport.jpg EPIRCASEMAN1980 Tehran, Tehran IKA
Zagros Airlines Zagros A320.jpg ZVIZGZAGROS2005 Abadan
Kish Air Kish Air Airbus A320 in Mehrabad Airport 01.jpg Y9IRKKISHAIR1989 Kish Island
Qeshm Airlines UUWW - 23.06.2016 - Airbus A-300-600 - EP-FQM - Qeshm Airlines (27866292970).jpg QBIRQQESHM AIR1996 Qeshm Island
Mahan Air Boeing 747 Mahan Airlines EP-MND.jpg W5IRMMAHAN AIR1992 Kerman Largest Iranian airline.
ATA Airlines ATA Airlines, EP-TAC, Airbus A320-231 (25082743937) (2).jpg I3TBZATAAIR2010 Tabriz
Meraj Airlines UUWW - 05.07.2016 - Airbus A-300-600 - EP-SIG - Meraj Airlines (28147808395).jpg JIMRJMERAJ2010 Tehran IKA Operating for the Government of Iran
Taban Air Ba146tabanair.jpg HHTBMTABAN AIR2006 Mashhad
Caspian Airlines Caspian Airlines Boeing 737-400 on finals at Mehrabad Airport.jpg RVCPNCASPIAN1993 Tehran IKA
Karun Airlines Iranian Naft Airlines Fokker 100.jpg NVIRGNAFT1992 Ahvaz
Sepehran Airlines Ep-fsb.jpg ISSHISHIRAZI2017 Mashhad
Varesh Airlines Boeing 737 varesh airlines in mehrabad airport 2018.jpg VRVRHSKY VICTOR2017 Sari
FlyPersia FlyPersia Boeing 737.jpg FPFPIFLYPERSIA2018 Shiraz
Pars Air PARSAIR.png PRPRSPARS AIR2021 Shiraz

Cargo airlines

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations		HubNotes
Payam Air Ilyushin Il-76MD, Payam Air AN0018172.jpg 2FIRPPAYAMAIR1996 Karaj-Payam
Pouya Cargo Air Pouya Air Ilyushin Il-76TD on finals into Mehrabad Airport.jpg PYPYAPOUYA2008 Tehran-Mehrabad

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References

  1. ↑ "Iran Airlines Fleet lists". fleet.myaviation.ir.
  2. ↑ Daragahi, Borzou (2009-09-15). "Iran's aviation regulation seen as a factor in air crashes". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ↑ Sara Shams | Tehran | 29 January 2009 Archived 4 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Ladane Nasseri (10 August 2014). "Iran Plane Crashes Outside Tehran Airport, Dozens Dead". Bloomberg.com.
  5. ↑ "Report details century of fatal air accidents in Iran". payvand.com.
  6. ↑ "Iran plane manufacturing company can produce 24 plane annually - Irna". Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  7. ↑ "Fars News Agency :: Minister: Iran Expanding Fleet of Airliners". Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  8. ↑ "50% of Iran's Passenger Fleet Grounded by Technical Problems". 7 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Bengali, Shashank (30 August 2016). "Why Iran is desperate for U.S. passenger planes, but can't have them". Los Angeles Times .
  10. ↑ "Iran Says U.S. Will Soon Grant Licenses for Boeing, Airbus Deals". www.bloomberg.com. September 18, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Boeing, Airbus grant Iran 'maintenance, part manufacturing' rights". 18 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Iran, Airbus to jointly produce plane parts". www.payvand.com.
  13. ↑ Iran's aviation industry: Back in business?. CNN. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Aircraft makers salivate over post-sanctions Iran". payvand.com.
  15. ↑ "برخورد قضایی با سایت‌های غیرمجاز و گران‌فروشی بلیت هواپیما". dolat.ir. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
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