List of airlines of Iran explained

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).

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. 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, at the risk of seriously undermining or destroying its own naissant domestic aviation industry, 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. 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

AirlineLogoIATAICAOCallsignCommenced
operations
HubNotes
IR IRA IRANAIR 1961 Tehran, Tehran IKAFlag carrier of Iran
Iran AirtourB9 IRB AIRTOUR 1973 Mashhad, Tabriz
EP IRC ASEMAN1980 Tehran, Tehran IKA
Zagros AirlinesZV IZG ZAGROS 2005 Abadan
Y9 IRK KISHAIR 1989 Kish Island
QB IRQ QESHM AIR 1996 Qeshm Island
Mahan AirW5 IRM MAHAN AIR 1992KermanLargest Iranian airline.
I3 TBZ ATAAIR 2010Tabriz
Meraj AirlinesJI MRJ MERAJ 2010 Tehran IKAOperating for the Government of Iran
HH TBM TABAN AIR 2006 Mashhad
RV CPN CASPIAN 1993 Tehran IKA
NV IRG NAFT 1992Ahvaz
IS SHI SHIRAZI 2017 Mashhad
VR VRH SKY VICTOR 2017 Sari
FP FPI FLYPERSIA 2018 Shiraz
PR PRS PARS AIR 2021 Shiraz

Cargo airlines

AirlineImageIATAICAOCallsignCommenced
operations
HubNotes
2F IRP PAYAMAIR 1996 Karaj-Payam
PY PYA POUYA 2008Tehran-Mehrabad

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iran Airlines Fleet lists. fleet.myaviation.ir.
  2. News: Iran's aviation regulation seen as a factor in air crashes. Los Angeles Times . Borzou. Daragahi. 2009-09-15.
  3. http://www.mianeh.net/en/articles/?aid=169 Sara Shams | Tehran | 29 January 2009
  4. News: Iran Plane Crashes Outside Tehran Airport, Dozens Dead. Ladane Nasseri. 10 August 2014. Bloomberg.com.
  5. Web site: Report details century of fatal air accidents in Iran. payvand.com.
  6. Web site: Iran plane manufacturing company can produce 24 plane annually - Irna . 2009-07-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081016073649/http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-237/0804208588002502.htm . 2008-10-16 .
  7. Web site: Fars News Agency :: Minister: Iran Expanding Fleet of Airliners . 2010-10-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120301005257/http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8908021732 . 2012-03-01 .
  8. Web site: 50% of Iran's Passenger Fleet Grounded by Technical Problems. 7 December 2021.
  9. Web site: Why Iran is desperate for U.S. passenger planes, but can't have them. Shashank. Bengali. Los Angeles Times. 30 August 2016.
  10. Web site: September 18, 2016 . Iran Says U.S. Will Soon Grant Licenses for Boeing, Airbus Deals . www.bloomberg.com.
  11. Web site: Boeing, Airbus grant Iran 'maintenance, part manufacturing' rights. 18 October 2016.
  12. Web site: Iran, Airbus to jointly produce plane parts. www.payvand.com.
  13. http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/09/travel/irans-aviation-industry/index.html Iran's aviation industry: Back in business?
  14. Web site: Aircraft makers salivate over post-sanctions Iran. payvand.com.
  15. Web site: برخورد قضایی با سایت‌های غیرمجاز و گران‌فروشی بلیت هواپیما . 2023-06-30 . dolat.ir.