Qeshm Air should not be confused with Fars Air Qeshm.
| Airline: | Qeshm Air Persian: هواپیمایی قشم Havāpeymāyi-ye Qeshm |
| Iata: | QB |
| Icao: | QSM |
| Callsign: | QESHM AIR |
| Founded: | 1993 |
| Commenced: | 1996 |
| Bases: | |
| Focus Cities: | |
| Fleet Size: | 18[1] |
| Destinations: | 45[2] |
| Parent: | Ministry of Petroleum (Iran) |
| Headquarters: | Ekbatan Complex, Tehran, Iran |
Qeshm Air (Persian: هواپیمایی قشم, Hevapeimayi-ye Qeshm) is an Iranian airline; it has its headquarters in Tehran, Iran and operates scheduled domestic and international passenger services as well as charter flights. The airline was founded in 1993 as Faraz Qeshm Airline.[3]
Qeshm Air is different from Fars Air Qeshm.
Qeshm Air was founded in 1993 and established its services by leasing airplanes from other airlines. The company's first routes were from Tehran to Qeshm, and from Tehran to Dubai. By the year 2000, Qeshm Air had seven aircraft in its fleet.
As of May 2023, Qeshm Air's fleet consists of the following aircraft:[4] [5]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | |||||
| Airbus A300-600R | 5 | - | 24 | 283 | 307 | ||
| Airbus A320-200 | 3 | - | 12 | 144 | 156 | ||
| 6 | - | - | 110 | 110 | |||
| Fokker 100 | 4 | - | - | 117 | 117 | ||
| Total | 18 | ||||||
Qeshm Airlines formerly operated these aircraft:[6]
See main article: 2001 Faraz Qeshm Airlines Yak-40 crash.
