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Mahan Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
W5 IRM MAHAN AIR
Founded1993 in Kerman, Iran
HubsImam Khomeini International Airport
Fleet size23 (+3 orders)
Destinations28
Parent companyMol-Al-Movahedin Credit Union
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
Key peopleHamid Arabnejad

Mahan Air (Template:Lang-fa) is a private airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates scheduled domestic services and international flights to the Far East, Middle East, and Europe. Its main base is Imam Khomeini International Airport, Tehran.

History

The airline was established in 1991 and began operations in 1992 as Iran's first private airline. It joined the IATA in 2001 and is owned by Mol-Al-Movahedin Organisation (96%). It has 1,616 employees (as of March 2007). At its operational launch in May 1993, Mahan Air had a fleet comprising two Tupolev 154 aircraft, a staff of 99 and a route network from Tehran to 2 domestic destinations. Real Mahan Air growth was initiated with the addition of Airbus A300 wide-body aircraft to the fleet in 1999 and the Airbus A310 in 2001.[1] This enabled the airline to reach beyond regional destinations it served at that time. Currently, its route network spans 28 destinations in 12 countries and it has a fleet of 11 all Airbus aircraft. It currently hold 13% of all international flights from Iran[2], and 8% of the domestic market[1].

Destinations

Mahan Air serve the following destinations at March 2009 [1]:

Domestic
International

New destinations

Mahan Air will be increasing flights to Dubai from twice daily to three times a day. After the addition of Mahan Air's service to Düsseldorf, which was added from December 2008, Mahan air is considered Iran's fastest growing airline and will add even more destinations by the end of 2009. Flights to Amritsar & Birmingham effective 03rd July 2009 with A-310 aircraft

Terminated destinations

Mahan Air previoulsy operated to Almaty, Baghdad, Bahrain, Colombo, Dammam, Damascus, Denpasar, Jeddah, Kabul, Kochi, Istanbul, Lahore, Manchester, Sanaa, Sharjah and Tunis. Some of these destinations are now served as charter.

Charters/seasonal

Mahan Air website states they serve thirteen international cities these may include seasonal services or scheduled charters to Damascus, Bahrain, Dammam, Jeddah, Sharjah, Almaty and Kuala Lumpur, which are however not listed at their website but most did appear in their previous route map and in press articles.

Fleet

Due to the sanctions imposed by the US government, Iranian airliners can only acquire airplanes which are at least seven years old and have been purchased through a third party rather than directly from Boeing or Airbus.The Mahan Air fleet includes the following aircraft (as of January 2009):

Mahan Air Fleet
Type Total Average Age Registration Notes
Airbus A300-B4 4 27 EP-MHE, EP-MHF, EP-MHG, EP-MHL 1 EP-MHE is stored
Airbus A300-B2K 3 27 EP-MHA, EP-MHP, EP-MHM
Airbus A310-300 6 16.4 F-OJHH, F-OJHI, EP-MHO, EX-301, OK-WAB, EX-35004 1 operated by Kyrgyz Trans Avia
BAe 146-300 1 16 EX-27000
Boeing 747-300 2 21 EP-MND, EP-MNE
Boeing 747-400 3 18 EP-MNA, EP-MNB, EP-MNC
MD-82 1 27 TC-TUA
Total 23 20.375 years

Safety concerns in 2007

  • On 11 September 2007, the European Commission added Mahan Air to the list of airlines banned within the EU. [3] The ban was subject to certain limitations; for example, Mahan Air was able to operate aircraft wet-leased from other carriers provided those aircraft met EU regulations, however this ban was lifted on 25 July 2008 in view of the significant efforts and progress accomplished by this carrier, which were verified during an on site inspection in Iran. [4]

References

  1. ^ a b Arabian Business
  2. ^ Arabian Business
  3. ^ EC Press release about the ban of the airline from European airports
  4. ^ EU takes Iran's Mahan Airlines off blacklist citing "significant" effort to boost safety
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