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Iran Air Airbus A321 at THR

Iran has several private and government 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 like British Aerospace 146 and Fokker 100.[1] 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][year needed] 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.[8][9]

As of 2014, Iranian airliners spend 25% of their earnings on aircraft maintenance on average while the global average is only 6%.[10] Iran plans to liberalize airfare prices by 2015.[10] As of 2015, foreign airlines earned $3bn in Iran annually.[8] Iranian airlines handle a total of 50 million passengers each year (2016).[11]

As of 2020, IranAir and Airtours are the only public airlines in Iran. and the only airlines part of the IATA.

Scheduled airlines

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations 		Hub Notes
Iran Air IR IRA IRANAIR 1961 Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran-Imam Khomeini Flag carrier of Iran
Iran Air Tours File:EP-MND TBZ.jpg B9 IRB AIRTOUR 1973 Mashhad, Tabriz, Tehran-Mehrabad
Iran Aseman Airlines Iran Aseman Airlines Airbus A340-311 landing at Mehrabad Airport EP IRC ASEMAN 1980 Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran-Imam Khomeini
Mahan Air W5 IRM MAHAN AIR 1992 Kerman, Tehran-Imam Khomeini Operated by IRGC
ATA Airlines I3 TBZ ATAAIR 2010 Tabriz
Zagros Airlines ZO IZG ZAGROS 2005 Abadan International
Kish Air Y9 IRK KISHAIR 1989 Kish Island
Qeshm Airlines QB IRQ QESHM AIR 1996 Qeshm Island
Karun Airlines NV IRG NAFT 1992 Ahwaz, Isfahan, Tehran-Mehrabad
Taban Air HH TBM TABAN AIR 2006 Mashhad, Tehran-Mehrabad
Caspian Airlines IV CPN CASPIAN 1993 Tehran-Mehrabad
Sepehran Airlines IS SHI SHIRAZI 2016 Shiraz
Meraj Airlines JI MRJ MERAJ 2010 Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran-Imam Khomeini Operated by the Iranian Government
Saha Airlines IRZ SAHA 1990 Tehran-Mehrabad Operated by Meraj Airlines
Taftan Airlines SBT TAFTAN 2004 Zahedan
Varesh Airlines Boeing 737 varesh airlines in mehrabad airport 2018 VRH VARLAR 2016 Sari

Cargo airlines

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations 		Hub Notes
Fars Air Qeshm - QFZ FARSAIR 2003 Tehran-Imam Khomeini
Payam Air 2F IRP PAYAMAIR 2008 Karaj-Payam
Pouya Cargo Air - PYA POUYA 2008 Tehran-Mehrabad

See also

References

  1. ^ "Iran Airlines Fleet lists". fleet.myaviation.ir.
  2. ^ Daragahi, Borzou (2009-09-15). "Iran's aviation regulation seen as a factor in air crashes". latimes.
  3. ^ Sara Shams | Tehran | 29 January 2009 Archived 4 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Ladane Nasseri (10 August 2014). "Iran Plane Crashes Outside Tehran Airport, Dozens Dead". Bloomberg.com.
  5. ^ "Report details century of fatal air accidents in Iran". payvand.com.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2009-07-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2010-10-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ a b "PressTV-Foreign airlines earn $3bn in Iran annually". presstv.com.
  9. ^ "PressTV-14 new planes to join Iran's fleet". presstv.com.
  10. ^ a b "PressTV-Iran's civil aviation battling sanctions". presstv.com.
  11. ^ https://www.thebusinessyear.com/iran-2016/royal-roads/review
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