List of defunct airlines of Iran

This is a list of defunct airlines of Iran . ^{[1] [2]}

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Aban Air [3]		K5	ABE		2006	2007
Air Taxi company [4]					1958?	1980	Merged to create Iran Aseman Airlines
Air Service [4]					1980
Aram Air [5]			IRW		2000	2002
Aria Air Tour			IRX		1999	2001
Aria Air			IRX	ARIA	2001	2014
Arvand Airlines [3]
Atlas Air [5]					2000	2001
Atrak Air		AK	ATR	ATRAK	2013	2018
Bon Air [6]					1997	1998
Bonyad Airlines [7]
Esquith Air					1997 [8]
Eram Air		YE	IRY	ERAM AIR	2005	2013
Fly Qeshm					2017		Joint airline between Iranian and chinese investors, did not launch [9] , operated CRJ 900 [10]
Fars Air Qeshm		QE	QFZ	FARS AIR	2006	2013
Fars Air Qeshm		QE	QFZ	FARS AIR	2017	2021
Helicopter Company of Iran						1980	[11]
HESA Airlines		H8	SPN		2011	2014	Rebranded as Sepahan Airlines
Iran Asseman Airlines		Y7;EP	IRC		1980	2001	Renamed/merged to Iran Aseman Airlines
Iran National Airlines		IR			1962	1973	Renamed/merged to Iran Air
Iranian Air Transport		IRG	IATC		1992	2009	Rebranded as Naft Airlines
Iranian Airlines					2010	2010	Formed by Saha Airlines. Project cancelled July 2010.
Iranian Airways					1944	1961	Renamed/merged to United Iranian Airlines
Jam Air					2018	2018	Never Launched [12]
Mohann Air					2001
Naft Airlines		NV	IRG		2009	2017	Renamed/merged to Karun Airlines
Pariz Air [7]			IRE		1997	2001
Pardis Air					2020	2024?	AOC suspended [13]
Pars Air [4]			PRA		2006	2008
Persian Air Services			PAS		1954	1962	Merged with Iran Air
Photros Air			KHP		2006	2007
Saffatt Airlines			IRV		1998	2017	[14]
Safiran Airlines			SFN	SAFIRAN	1988	2007
Tehran Airways		THR	TAW		2001	2002
United Iranian Airlines					1961	1962	Renamed/merged to Iran National Airlines
Yas Air			MHD		2008	2014

See also

• List of airlines of Iran
• List of airports in Iran

References

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