Ishtar Airlines Explained

Airline:	Ishtar Airlines
Fleet Size:	1
Destinations:	2
Callsign:	ISHTAR
Parent:	Ishtar Airlines Ltd
Founded:	2005
Ceased:	2009
Headquarters:	Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Key People:	Moayad Hassan (President) Ramsey Shaban (Vice President)
Bases:	Baghdad International Airport Dubai International Airport

Ishtar Airlines (Arabic: عشتار ايرلاينز) was an airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, although it was a private Iraqi airline operating scheduled passenger services, its main bases were its only destinations, Baghdad International Airport and Dubai International Airport.^[1]

Ishtar Airlines headquarters was in Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

History

The airline was established in March 2005 by a group of former Iraqi Airways pilots.^[1]

Ishtar Airlines operations went quiet in October 2009 and seems to have now ceased operations altogether.

Destinations

Ishtar Airlines operated scheduled passenger services to the following destinations in July 2007:^[2]

Iraq

• Baghdad - Baghdad International Airport Base

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai - Dubai International Airport Base

It had planned to expand its operations to other destinations in Europe and the Middle East.

Fleet

The Ishtar Airlines fleet included the following aircraft in October 2009:^[3]

Former

Prior to ceasing operations, Ishtar Airlines previously operated the following aircraft:^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: Directory: World Airlines . . 95 . 2007-04-03.
2. http://www.ishtarair.com/routes.html Ishtar Airlines Route Map
3. Web site: Ishtar Airlines Fleet . 2007-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120210100152/http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=ISH&al_op=1 . 2012-02-10 . dead .
4. http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Ishtar-Airlines Ishtar Airlines previously operated fleet