ATA Airlines (Iran) explained

Airline:ATA Airlines
Fleet Size:13
Destinations:36
Iata:I3
Icao:TBZ
Callsign:ATALAR
Founded:17 December 2008
Commenced:2010
Headquarters:Tabriz, Iran
Bases:Tabriz Shahid Madani International Airport

ATA Airlines (Persian: هواپیمایی آتا|Havâpeymâyi-ye ÂTÂ) is an Iranian airline based at Tabriz International Airport, in northwestern Iran. It operates scheduled domestic and international services in the Middle East, as well as charter services.

History

The airline was established on 17 December 2008 and started scheduled operations in 2010 with services on domestic routes. It operated its first flight on 31 December 2009 from Tabriz to Mashhad.

The airline's name translates to 'father' in Turkish and Azeri languages. Although the company has a logo similar to that of American airline American Trans Air, it bears no relationship to that carrier.

Destinations

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
GeorgiaTbilisiTbilisi International Airport
IranAbadanAyatollah Jami International Airport
AhvazQasem Soleimani International Airport
ArdabilArdabil Airport
AsaluyehPersian Gulf Airport
Bandar AbbasBandar Abbas International Airport
BirjandBirjand International Airport
BushehrBushehr Airport
HamadanHamadan International Airport
IsfahanShahid Beheshti International Airport
JiroftJiroft Airport
KermanAyatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Airport
KermanshahKermanshah Airport
KishKish International Airport
MakuMaku International Airport
MashhadShahid Hasheminejad International Airport
QeshmQeshm International Airport
RashtRasht Airport
SabzevarSabzevar Airport
SariDasht-e Naz Airport
ShirazShahid Dastgheib International Airport
SirjanSirjan Airport
TabrizShahid Madani International Airport
TehranImam Khomeini International Airport
Mehrabad International Airport
UrmiaShahid Bakeri International Airport
YazdShahid Sadooghi Airport
ZahedanZahedan Airport
IraqBaghdadBaghdad International Airport
NajafAl Najaf International Airport
KuwaitKuwait CityKuwait International Airport
TurkeyAnkaraAnkara Esenboğa Airport
IstanbulIstanbul Airport
İzmirAdnan Menderes Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

As of April 2023, the ATA Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[1]

ATA Airlines fleet
AircraftIn
service
OrdersPassengersNotes
Airbus A320-2001 - 168
Boeing 737-3001 - 138
Boeing 737-500[2] 1 - 129
Embraer ERJ 145ER2 - 50
McDonnell Douglas MD-838 - 161
Total13 -

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft (as of August 2017):[3]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One). Airliner World. October 2019. 16.
  2. Web site: Iran's ATA Airlines acquires a maiden B737-500. ch-aviation.
  3. Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One). Airliner World. October 2017. 17.