Pouya Air

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Pouya Air
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IATA ICAO Call sign
PYPYAPOUYA
Founded2008
Operating bases
Fleet size13
Destinations22
Parent company IRGC
Headquarters Mehrabad International Airport
Key peopleMohammad Mohammadi
Website www.pouyaair.com

Pouya Air, trading as Pouya, is an Iranian airline with its head office at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran. It operates both passenger and cargo flights to domestic locations in Iran, as well as a few international destinations in West Asia.

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History

In late 2012, Yas Air changed its name to Pouya Air. The first name change was to Pars Air in 2006 and later to Yas Air in 2008. [1] Pouya Air is identified today as an alias for designated Iranian airline Yas Air, which was designated in March 2012 pursuant to E.O. 13224 for acting for or on behalf of the IRGC-QF for transporting illicit cargo, including weapons, to Iran's clients in the Levant.[ citation needed ]

Destinations

Pouya Air serves the following destinations (as of May 2023):

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Iran Abu Musa Abu Musa Airport
Ardabil Ardabil Airport
Asaluyeh Persian Gulf Airport
Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas International Airport
Bushehr Bushehr Airport
Chabahar Chabahar Konarak Airport
Gorgan Gorgan Airport
Greater Tunb Greater Tunb Airport
Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport
Kish Kish International Airport
Lamerd Lamerd International Airport
Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport
Qeshm Qeshm International Airport
Rasht Rasht Airport
Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport
Sirri Island Sirri Island Airport
Tabriz Shahid Madani International Airport
Tehran Mehrabad International Airport Hub
Urmia Shahid Bakeri International Airport
Yazd Shahid Sadooghi Airport
Iraq Najaf Al Najaf International Airport

Fleet

Pouya Air Ilyushin Il-76 EP-PUS 02.jpg
Pouya Air Ilyushin Il-76

As of April 2023 the Pouya Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Pouya Air fleet
AircraftIn fleetNotes
Embraer ERJ 145ER 4 (as of August 2025) [2] Passenger aircraft
Ilyushin Il-76 2 (as of August 2025) [2] Cargo aircraft
Bombardier Challenger 600 1Business jet
Bombardier CRJ100/200 1Business jet
Total9

See also

References

  1. "Press Releases".
  2. 1 2 "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Pouya Air". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 62.

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