Qeshm Air
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| Founded | 1993 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1996 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 19 | ||||||
| Destinations | 55 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Ekbatan Complex, Tehran, Iran | ||||||
| Key people | Babak Zanjani (Founder) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Qeshm Air (Persian: هواپیمایی قشم) is an Iranian airline; it has its headquarters in Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf and operates scheduled domestic and international passenger services as well as charter flights. The airline was founded in 1993 as Faraz Qeshm Airline.[1]
History
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.[2]
Destinations
Fleet
Current fleet
The Qeshm Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of March 2018):
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| Airbus A300-600R | 4 | — | 24 | 283 | 307 | |
| Airbus A319-100[3] | 1 | — | 20 | 96 | 116 | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 2 | — | 12 | 144 | 156 | |
| Avro RJ85 | 1 | — | – | 85 | 85 | |
| Avro RJ100 | 4 | — | – | 110 | 110 | |
| Fokker 50 | 4 | — | – | 50 | 50 | |
| Fokker 100 | 4 | — | – | 117 | 117 | |
| Total | 20 | |||||
Historical fleet
Qeshm Airlines formerly operated these aircraft:[4]
- Airbus A300B4
- Airbus A321-100
- McDonnell Douglas MD-83
- Yakovlev Yak-40
- Yakovlev Yak-42D
- Tupolev Tu-154M
Accidents and incidents
- On 17 May 2001, a Faraz Qeshm Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 departed from Tehran on a flight to Gorgan Airport carrying 30 people; including the Iranian Transport Minister Rahman Dadman, two deputy ministers and seven more members of parliament. It was forced to divert due to bad weather conditions and was later discovered crashed in the Alborz mountains, near Sari, Iran. All on board perished.[5][6]
References
- ^ 09361886106, M.Golestani. "Qeshm Air Official Website". www.qeshm-air.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help) - ^ 09361886106, M.Golestani. "Qeshm Air Official Website". www.qeshm-air.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help) - ^ "Iran's Qeshm Air adds maiden A319". Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Qeshm Airlines Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft Accident Yakovlev 40 EP-TQP Sari". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
- ^ Detailed Aircraft Information. The Soviet Transport Database - Scramble
External links
Media related to Qeshm Airlines at Wikimedia Commons
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