First picture of Kish Air's B757-200 in Iran
Note the persian writing on it's tail:

http://www.privateimage.com/images/9o3dtu0xln7n72qe711b.jpg

Mahan Air have today announced that they are planning on boosting capacity on the Birmingham service shortly with the introduction of A340-300's on the route - subject to final Government approval!!

The airline is currently in the process of acquiring the aircraft (the first A340 for the airline) and is being prepared for service. The aircraft type will initially only be operating flights to Birmingham along with Bangkok. Full details along with dates will be available soon! Please remember that things change, just look what happened with the 747-400...which was supposed to be operating on the Birmingham-Tehran route last year but nothing happened.

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wow! Fantastic news!!!:banana: Can't wait to see an A340 in Mahan colours! Hope Iran Air will buy new aircraft, too!
Any idea how old the Airbus is and from which airline it comes???

Iran’s 1st single-person aircraft unveiled

What other small aircraft are produced in Iran? I remember seeing some others on the site of an Iranian company but I can't remember more now.

^^
they are many, just look at the Hesa company and...
one example is the Iran-140 :)

Any idea when the A340 is coming and from where?

Thank you dear :)

Though Hesa's site (at least the English version) is pretty much useless. It's not important anyway.

Iran to ban airlines not using the term 'Persian Gulf'

Iran has warned that airlines will be banned from flying into its airspace, unless they use the term "Persian Gulf" on their in-flight monitors.

The transport minister has threatened to impound planes that fail to comply.

The nation is most insistent that the stretch of water separating it from its southern neighbours should be known as the Persian Gulf.

To call it the Gulf, annoys the authorities; to call it the Arabian Gulf, infuriates them even more.

Conferences are held to make the matter quite clear, an ancient map with definitive proof of the correct name was sent on a world tour.

And recently a foreign member of the cabin crew working for an Iranian airline was sacked and expelled from Iran when he got it wrong.

Now the Iranian transport minister has given foreign airlines 15 days to change the name to Persian Gulf on their in flight monitors.

If they failed, they would be prevented from entering Iranian airspace, he warned.

And if the offence was repeated, foreign airliners would be grounded and refused permission to leave Iran.

Numerous Arab airlines fly into Iran every day, not to mention Europeans and others, so it remains to be seen how they will respond.

As for the minister, Hamid Behbahani, it may or may not be a coincidence that he is making a stand on this patriotic matter at a time when he is facing calls for his impeachment for alleged lack of competence.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8527729.stm

Iran expels foreign steward over Persian Gulf row

A Greek steward working for an Iranian airliner has been dismissed over insistence on the use of a forged term instead of Persian Gulf and threatening passengers during a flight.

The steward working for Kish Air had reportedly threatened to arrest passengers who complained against the use of the forged term 'Arabian Gulf' on the plane's in-flight monitors instead of the internationally-recognized term 'Persian Gulf.'

Iran's Minister of Roads and Transportation Hamid Behbahani warned on Sunday that any foreign airline that uses the forged term will be barred from Iran's airspace, Mehr news agency reported.

He has also ordered Iran's civil aviation authority to reprimand the Kish Air officials.

Gholam-Reza Rezayian, the head of Iran's Immigration and Foreign Nationals Police, said the Greek steward was summoned to the Kish police on Saturday night and his residency permit was cancelled "due to his inappropriate and irresponsible behavior."

When the foreign steward used the forged term, Iranian passengers protested but he insulted the passengers.

The Greek attendant had even claimed that he has the authority to arrest the Iranian passengers who had protested against his misbehavior, Rezayian added.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119137&sectionid=351020101

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Arabian or Persian gulf.... i don't understand where the problem is.:ohno:

^^
It's a HUUGE PROBLEM!!
it is and it will always be the Persian gulf! it belongs to Iran!
and those arabs can better respect it!if they have any!
mordeshoore harchi arab va ashghal to in donya-e!

Iran’s 1st single-person aircraft unveiled

The 175-kilogram composites aircraft would travel a 1,500 km distance in three hours and with a maximum speed of 240 km per hour, Vahidi said.

http://twocircles.net/2010feb08/iran_s_1st_single_person_aircraft_unveiled.html

1500km in 3 hrs is 500km/h not 240 km/hr. Looks like the revolutionary gaurds doing maths again

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It's a HUUGE PROBLEM!!
it is and it will always be the Persian gulf! it belongs to Iran!
and those arabs can better respect it!if they have any!
mordeshoore harchi arab va ashghal to in donya-e!

it belongs to Iran???
Id like to see Iran stop emirates, qatar, Gulf air and Etihad flying into iran over this persian/arabian gulf issue. if that was the case Iran would stop functioning cos everyone knows the only reason Iran is not imploding is becasue of the black market economy run via the gulf states.
So its the arabs that should be respected by Iran, dont you think?

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haha not really, Turkey is also one of our markets and so is russia, china and India and germany for a part ;)
Iran doesn't need arabian countries to develop...
and arab countries can't do anything, Iran is an important key and force in the region,
also much of investments of Dubai are coming from Iran, also the arab countries in the persian gulf region have a large Iranian community :)

^^^^ and this is why neither one will ever prosper, these types of issues were solved decades and even centurys ago in other parts of the world, do u ever see Scotland or Wales claiming the Irish Sea? Who cares whats in the name? if ur that good why not be a good economic and social example to others

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look, that's not the problem, people can name it whatever they want...
but not at official places or even on airplane screens, look at your atlas it says PERSIAN gulf and it was always the Persian gulf...it's just a matter of respect :)
and not only arabs call it arabian gulf even some westerners even NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIQ some times...the name Arabian gulf DOESN'T exist so I don't know why some people use it:)
I also don't call the Mexican gulf, the Venezuelian gulf:) it's just incorrect...

Id like to see Iran stop emirates, qatar, Gulf air and Etihad flying into iran over this persian/arabian gulf issue
yea emirates which if im not mistaking has 3 flights to tehran everyday let alone other cities in iran, would be banned to fly to iran if they dont reply to iran's demand. now would u really think losing all these customers is not a big deal for emirates?

Wikipedia says that Mahan will lease one A340 from Hi-Fly:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahan_Air

but I'm not sure that this is true...

Some rumors says that CS-TQM (HiFly) will enter Mahan Fleet soon:

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/5/2/6/1619625.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/7/7/6/1631677.jpg

Data:
Airbus A340-313X
First flight date:25/08/1995
Delivered to:Singapore Airlines as 9V-SJF

Iran Air @ Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Bombay

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/9964/img0543o.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2923/img0540s.jpg

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very nice pics! thank you! :D

Mahan Air's newest Airbus A310 EK-31095 is currently parked at Mahan's hangar:

http://privateimage.com/images/q1s5qkbahjn2d1tnuu5x.jpg

http://privateimage.com/images/71ri06n72mzvpzc3zamv.jpg

http://privateimage.com/images/t9px1z58b1wpj3g31zl.jpg

http://privateimage.com/images/pcvejbalvbxcu2ylme0.jpg

http://privateimage.com/images/rtd4k08t4ful43ukpaq.jpg

http://privateimage.com/images/jigi8p4k3sagh0dnbvsh.jpg

http://privateimage.com/images/le285apa87ocvass1g25.jpg

Cabin:
http://privateimage.com/images/e5nki4ao6lwm3u3kacqe.jpg

The cabin looks nice, don't you agree?
http://privateimage.com/images/lxa0py3ssk4zen12va2f.jpg

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wow very nice!!
I hope to see some A330s :D

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yes, an A330 in Iran Air livery would look amazing.....:banana2:

I think Mahan air will be lovely in

330-200
330-300
340-300
747-800
321-200
757-200
767-400

and Iran Air in

330-200
330-300
340-500
321-200
319-200LR
777-300ER
777-200LR
747-800

and I love the Sp's don't matter how old they are haha ....

I think Mahan air will be lovely in

330-200
330-300
340-300
747-800
321-200
757-200
767-400

and Iran Air in

330-200
330-300
340-500
321-200
319-200LR
777-300ER
777-200LR
747-800

and I love the Sp's don't matter how old they are haha ....

you forgot the 787 :shocked:

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yes indeed :O

787 for Iran Air all the way haha
and Kish Air and Iran Aseman

^^^^
The A350 is better than the B787, I think...

Hope we will see an A380 in Iran!

^^
I rather prefer the B747-800
I don'l like the A380 they're ugly...
the B747-800 is bigger in lenght and also more beautifull and classy :)

we will never seen such aircrafts under this fucking regime:ohno:
mard bar khamanei!!

^^marg bar jomhuriye eslami :)

EP-IEB during painting in Fars Co. MRO center (March 2009)

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/6/3/5/1660536.jpg

EX-301 (Mahan Air) during D-Check at Fars co.

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/6/2/6/1660626.jpg

3 Aircrafts at Mahan's hangar at IKA:
Mahan Air A306 EP-MNS (C-Check)
Gouvernment of Iraq A300 B4YI-APX (A-Check)
Iran Air A320 EP-IEA (A-Check and VIP conversion:cry::cry::cry:)

http://privateimage.com/images/oh9ofbhv5bzwep6gipsp.jpg

I love IA A320 so much :)

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Me too!

A shame that EP-IEA will fly for the gouvernment! The Gouvernment should fly these 35 year old B727 which will be out of service soon, I heard!

just waiting for something to happen to the 727's with someone high up in the chain of command :)

A shame that EP-IEA will fly for the gouvernment! The Gouvernment should fly these 35 year old B727 which will be out of service soon, I heard!

EP-IEA is grounded at Mahan's hangar at IKA :cripes:

http://www.privateimage.com/images/8o52fvsqyjdq8swqzao.jpg

http://www.privateimage.com/images/kilnua78fvksl98dqq13.jpg

New A300-603 for Mahan

D-AIAU (LUFTHANSA) First flight:1991

Made its delivery flight from Frankfurt yesterday!:banana:

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/3/2/8/1612823.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/8/0/9/1601908.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/small/3/3/3/1602333.jpg

Welcome to Mahan's fleet!

Lufthansa cancel Munich – Tehran launch

As per GDS timetable display on 05MAR10, Lufthansa has canceled the plan to operate 3 weekly Munich – Tehran service, supposed to be operated by Privatair 737-800.

http://airlineroute.net/2010/03/05/lh-mucika-cxld/

New A300-603 for Mahan

D-AIAU (LUFTHANSA) First flight:1991

Made its delivery flight from Frankfurt yesterday!:banana:

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/3/2/8/1612823.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/8/0/9/1601908.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/small/3/3/3/1602333.jpg

Welcome to Mahan's fleet!
great news! :)

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http://images.google.be/imgres?imgurl=http://www.baniandimas.com/INDEX/ikia_plig2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.baniandimas.com/English/Main.htm&usg=__QsJ_v4kS-MLursIMEuED2HVKdUg=&h=480&w=640&sz=37&hl=en&start=53&itbs=1&tbnid=XQ-MwD9ZyxEkhM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dikia%2Bairport%26start%3D42%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1

this might be interesting.

So what's this IKIA? A new terminal or a new airport?

new airport :)
only 1 of the 2 terminals has been build yet
IKIA stands for IMAM KHOMEINI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT :)
the old one is Mehrabad which is located in the city and is currently only used by domestic flights

IKIA AIRPORT

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/20935361.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/20935044.jpg

I don't understand what is so special about IKA, it's now about 5 years old...
The terminal two is a 20 year plan.
If I not mistaken we have already an Imam Khomeini Airport thread!

^^
I made this Thread for Iran aviation in General so that we can have all things in 1 thread ;)
and it's Iran biggest airport and also Tehrans International Airport...so it is imporatnat and special...

Iran Air

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/0/9/1661903.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/3/4/1661433.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/6/1/6/1655616.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/5/8/7/1653785.jpg

Air France livery for Ex. IRIAF and Iran Air cargo! Probably in memorial of 31th anniversary of islamic revolution.

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/0/4/9/1661940.jpg

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Iran Air should buy as many A320 as possible they are excellent for domestic routes

Iran Air should buy as many A320 as possible they are excellent for domestic routes

I dont agree with that. the 787 would be a very suitable option for iran air. I've never been on a domestic IR flight without a seat free. the 787 isnt big and isnt too small and can accomodate at least 2-3 F100's and 2 A320's into one flight giving more capacity and money

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A 787??? In 10 years maybe....
It would be an option for flights to Europe to replace the 310/300.
It's a very bad time in aviation history. Iranian people are frightend to fly these 20-30 years old Tupolev and other old aircrafts so the flights are almost empty (excluded flights in summer, nowruz etc.)! All Iranian airlines must stop flying aircrafts which are older then 20 years, I think.
A good option for domestic flights would be A320/A321 (which is bigger) or B757.(Spare parts???)

spare parts will still be a problem with any airbus aircraft.

Any idea what happened to EP-IBB (i think) at arlanda a month or so back?

I think 787 will not be a good option for Iran simply because of what others have already stated here - the need for replacing most part of the fleet requires them to buy many smaller planes but in better condition.

spare parts will still be a problem with any airbus aircraft.

Any idea what happened to EP-IBB (i think) at arlanda a month or so back?

If I'm not mistaken it's flying again...

EP-IEF had made an emergency landing at Ahwaz in January (engine failture) and it's still grounded there..... :ohno:
Hope we will see it flying again but I think it won't happen.

Airbus A340-300 for Mahan: :banana::banana:

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/7/4/4/1420447.jpg

EI-EHZ
First flight 1995
Delivered to Air Mauritius

http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=W5&al_op=1

Actually grounded at Istanbul.... hope we will see it flying for Mahan soon!!!

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Wow great news, let's hope Iran Air will get too to replace their 300-600s and 747-200s

hopefully not with the A340. They look horrible http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/shake.gif

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Wow great news, let's hope Iran Air will get too to replace their 300-600s and 747-200s
No, not the A300-600! They are "only" 16 years old... The A310 19 years and the A300 B2 and B4 are already about 25 years old.
I hope Iran Air will replace the B747 SP/747-100, A300 B2 and B4 and the B727!

Can't wait to see an A340 in Mahan colours...

The age isn't the matter but the flying hours...
16 or 19 it doesn't matter they're both very old for an aircraft...
let's hope for newer planes:)
anyway I think Iran's aviation is doing a very good job!

Tehran-Phuket flights begin soon

PHUKET: A Bangkok-based tour company will run three direct charter flights from Tehran to Phuket on a trial basis beginning March 18.

The company, Homa Travel & Tour, has chartered a Mahan Air Boeing 747 for the service, Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Dubai Office Director Pramote Sapyen announced.

The three flights could bring in around 1,300 tourists from Iran this month alone.

Iran is Thailand’s most rapidly expanding inbound tourism market in the Middle East, Mr Pramote said.

Should the trial flights prove successful they could continue into April, when the low season for tourism generally begins. The flights would then resume in October this year, when tourism arrival figures begin to increase.

In 2009, 117,520 Iranians visited Thailand, up 32.8% from the previous year

http://www.phuketgazette.net/news/detail.asp?id=8442

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/9/5/2/1663259.jpg

hopefully not with the A340. They look horrible http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/shake.gif
They look better than B777s. :poke:

They look better than B777s. :poke:

:bash: dude, are you on drugs? the 777 is the sexiest plane around! You cant compare the A340 to it at all!

Have just read today that there will be a new generation of fokker built.
(First delivery 2015)
Maybe a good option for Iran Air.

^^

till then the regime is gone and we can buy B787s and 777s :D

this pic immediately went on my background:D
really nice view of A320
btw dosnt iran air livery look awesome on A320?!!
http://www.privateimage.com/images/ep6k6eqysfu1ojjwku.jpg (http://www.privateimage.com/)

I love IA in A320 :)

How many A320 does IA have?

I love IA in A320 :)

How many A320 does IA have?

6 i guess
EP-IEA to EP-IEG

Iran Air has 6 A320, but only 3 are flying:

EP-IEA: for gouvernment of Iran:ohno:
EP-IEB:flying
EP-IED: C-Check at THR
EP-IEE: flying
EP-IEF: stored at Ahwaz after emergency landing
EP-IEG: flying

EP-IEA: for gouvernment of Iran

what the heck they need this one for?? they already have A321
(EP-AGB) Airbus A321-231
http://www.privateimage.com/images/7letgrmzvnejvja6kmri.jpg (http://www.privateimage.com/)
http://www.privateimage.com/images/eqanoozgar4ki5eplj4.jpg (http://www.privateimage.com/)

they are also using one 737, 2 707s(1001 and 1002) and 6 falcons they should
leave the A320 for people

(EP-AGA) Boeing 737-286C
http://www.privateimage.com/images/7xh2edtxjhij5litvqak.jpg (http://www.privateimage.com/)
http://www.privateimage.com/images/1b41g0dpzymmojmo65j.jpg (http://www.privateimage.com/)

1001(former Shahin)
http://www.privateimage.com/images/6xlc1mu77vczyhdhnej.jpg (http://www.privateimage.com/)

1002 (i guess this was former iraqi plane)
http://www.privateimage.com/images/t6lgxmyt9mhbj08pnyz5.jpg (http://www.privateimage.com/)

http://www.privateimage.com/images/xh919do24f8np14pa0u.jpg (http://www.privateimage.com/)
9001 : Falcon 20F

9002 : Falcon 20F

9003 : Falcon 20F

9016 : Falcon 20F

9011 : Falcon 50 EX(EP-TFA)

9012 : Falcon 50 EX(EP-TFI)

^^
yeah, the gouvernment could fly the Iran Air 727 but the A320...:ohno:

First pictures of the youngest plane in Iran:

EP-IEG

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/1/2/4/1665421.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/5/4/5/1665545.jpg

1002 (i guess this was former iraqi plane)
http://www.privateimage.com/images/t6lgxmyt9mhbj08pnyz5.jpg (http://www.privateimage.com/)
it's A funny Plane :D ^^

http://www.privateimage.com/images/xh919do24f8np14pa0u.jpg
9001 : Falcon 20F

9002 : Falcon 20F

9003 : Falcon 20F

9016 : Falcon 20F

9011 : Falcon 50 EX(EP-TFA)

9012 : Falcon 50 EX(EP-TFI)[/QUOTE]

^^ Iran using them For Police plane and short Travels

Nice Pic , Thanks

Iran Air has 6 A320, but only 3 are flying:

EP-IEA: for gouvernment of Iran:ohno:
EP-IEB:flying
EP-IED: C-Check at THR
EP-IEE: flying
EP-IEF: stored at Ahwaz after emergency landing
EP-IEG: flying

Thanks very much for the info :)

Russian Pilots told to leave Iran


Russian commercial pilots working in Iran have been given two months to leave the country. The process gained momentum after a Russian-made aircraft belonging to the Taban Air, caught fire as it landed in Northeastern Iran, injuring more than 40 people as a consequence. The pilots on-board were Russian.


"Upon an order from the president (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad), the Road and Transport Ministry has set a two-month deadline, upon the expiry of which all Russian pilots will have to leave the country..." Transport Minister Hamid Behbahani was quoted as saying.

One of the main reasons behind the decision was explained to be that, “Iran already possesses plenty of professional and specialist pilots, henceforth there is no need to bring pilots from abroad”.

Another reason was told to be the poor safety records of Russian-made aircraft with Russian pilots, which is not completely untrue. Russian commercial aircraft are famous with their bad safety records, and the string of crashes in the last decade involving Russian aircraft in Iran only, furthers this fame.

The safety records of the Russian pilots and airplanes might seem as a legitimate reason enough, but more people seem to think that the decision has more to do with politics than it has with safety.

Iran officials aren't really secretive about their frustration with the Russian government's continuous delays supplying Iran with the advanced S-300 missile defense system. The timing between Russia saying the S-300 will hit further delays and that it will back further sanctions on Iran (regarding the nuclear program), and Iran giving Russian pilots two months to leave the country, only reinforces theses claims.

Although the retaliation may seem rather “small” and ineffective, it is a proof that Iran is taking a more aggressive action against Russia, their biggest trading partner because of the sanctions on Iran.

It is not known how many Russians are working as pilots for Iranian carriers.

This aviation article was submitted by resident aviation news editor Yigit A. Coskun with additional credits to source: Reuters.

Read more: http://flyawaysimulation.com/article3913.html#ixzz0iKh1i7fH

EP-IEA

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/5/0/7/1627705.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/4/3/1617343.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/8/4/9/1544948.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/1/2/5/1511521.jpg

EP-IEB
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/2/3/0/1666032.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/6/3/6/1643636.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/8/1/6/1587618.jpg

EP-IED

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/7/4/6/1627647.jpg

EP-IEE
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/8/8/1631883.jpg

EP-IEF
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/0/9/4/1574490.jpg

EP-IEG
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/1/2/4/1665421.jpg

^^ great pictures :) thanks

^^ awesome pics
these baby airbuses are becoming my 2nd favourite Homa's plane after 747-100 Alpha Mike
really looks lovely in Iran Air livery
thanks for the pics

Iran Air B747-Sp EP-IAC preparing for Check flight

http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/1/5/9/5/25021_1268802595.jpg

Ex reg: B-2151 (China Southern) now for Taban Air

http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/2/7/0/7/35663_1268736707.jpg

Teheran Mehrabad Airport - OIII

http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/1/8/4/9/57509_1267978948.jpg

Mahan Air started seasonal flight's to:

Macau B747-400
Phuket B747-400
Colombo A310-300
source flightstats

Lufthansa changed it's flight's for the holidays from an 340-600 to a 747-400

Iran aseman started flight's to Santa cruz (Seasonal
source flightstats

and as usually Qatar/Ethihad/Gulf Air and Kuwait Airways upgraded their flights to Tehran whit 330-300/340-300/310-300/330-200 for the holidays

Iran Air upgraded their flights to paris, instead of A300-600 it's now a 747-200
source flightstats (you can find it all on the timetable)

Mahan Air started seasonal flight's to:

Macau B747-400
Phuket B747-400
Colombo A310-300
source flightstats

Lufthansa changed it's flight's for the holidays from an 340-600 to a 747-400

Iran aseman started flight's to Santa cruz (Seasonal
source flightstats

and as usually Qatar/Ethihad/Gulf Air and Kuwait Airways upgraded their flights to Tehran whit 330-300/340-300/310-300/330-200 for the holidays

Iran Air upgraded their flights to paris, instead of A300-600 it's now a 747-200
source flightstats (you can find it all on the timetable)

great, but Mahan will use B747-300, I think.
The B747-400 are stored at IKA.

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Hmmm they weren'nt grounded because of lack on spare parts but because
Mahan Air had much of pressure from the US because they were imported in Iran illigaly
that's also why Mahan has only 3 747-400 they actually bought 6 :)
anyway maybe they fly again :) or as you said they fly the 747-300
but that's weird cause flightstats uses for 747-400 744 and not 743..:s

I dont know if it was my eyes playing up, but I think I saw a mahan 744 on approach to 27R while on the bus this afternoon. For a second it was eva then mahan, and just couldnt put my finger on what it was. Any ideas on whether iran air has leased a 744 from mahan for the eid period?

^^
maybe it was a 743...
I don't think they are leasing a B747-400, mahan's A340 will fly soon!

A340 Iran Air...

http://library.avsim.net/zipshow.php?DLID=53152&FileName=Iran+Air+Airbus+A340-300%2Fira340_2.jpg&CType=image%2Fjpeg

I love this livery!!!
http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/photos/big/00005851.jpg

^^
it kinda looks like gulf airline
usually airlines from arab countries around Persian gulf use this sorta livery and i guess we dont want that

Salam,

Omidvaram ye sale por slamat va khoshi dashte bashid va ishala ke dar har arezooyi ke darid pirooz shavid!
pishapish:
EYDETON MOBARAK YE DONYAAAAAA !! xx

^^
thank you:-)

First picture of EP-IED flying:
(At Cologne!)

http://www.flugzeugbilder.de/a/92/62/1268983176.jpg (If this link is not working:http://flugzeugbilder.de/show.php?id=926207)

^^ thank you :)

Mahan Air
Airbus A300B4-603

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/6/0/0/1668006.jpg

Kish Air
Tupolev Tu-154M
Tehran - Mehrabad International (THR / OIII)
Iran, August 31, 2009

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/7/9/0/1668097.jpg

Gulf Air
Airbus A320-212
Shiraz International Airport (SYZ/OISS)
Iran, March 5, 2010

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/5/3/0/1669035.jpg

Iran Air
Boeing 747SP-86
Tehran - Imam Khomeini International (IKA / OIIE)
Iran, February 2010

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/7/6/4/1669467.jpg

Iran bans Eurocypria flight from landing

yesterday banned a Eurocypria aircraft from landing in the country, reports said.

Citing a government source, state broadcaster CyBC said the Iranians were troubled by the fact that the aircraft had entered Iran through Iraqi airspace, which is controlled by the United States.

The order for the plane to turn back was given while it was preparing to land at Teheran airport.

Reports said the aircraft had been granted permission from the Iranian civil aviation authorities.

The plane had taken off from Larnaca yesterday morning on the first flight to Iran to carry 189 tourists to Cyprus.

It returned to the island in the afternoon after refuelling in Syria

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/iran-bans-eurocypria-flight-landing/20100320

Mahan Air 747 to Colombo

Iran’s Mahan Air currently operates Boeing 747-400 aircraft on 1 weekly Tehran – Colombo service. Schedule as follows:

W51073 IKA1200 – 1830CMB 744 5
W51072 CMB2030 – 0115+1IKA 744 5

http://airlineroute.net/2010/03/19/w5-cmb/

I love the Current livery of Iran Air

http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/photos/big/00003814.jpg

Maybe for Iran military??

http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/photos/big/00000749.jpg

http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/photos/big/00000750.jpg

I would love to See mahan Air in that livery! :D

http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/photos/big/00000785.jpg

Kish Air is also very nice!

http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/photos/big/00005496.jpg

http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/photos/big/00005989.jpg

http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/photos/big/00005977.jpg

Saha Air

http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/photos/big/00003200.jpg

wow the mahan air livery looks quite good....
I would like to see the 1st "military" livery on IR aircrafts!:)

edit

ATA Airlines
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Teheran Mehrabad Airport - OIII
Ex reg: TC-OAV Onur Air

http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/1/5/5/9/85862_1269266955.jpg

Since when has air asia come into IKA??? :o

I didn't knowed that either but it was on the IKIA airport website timetable, it is probarly for the Norooz holidays, or it can be a one weekly flight THR-KL-KL-THR :)
the plane lands at 20.30 at IKIA, also Saheen Airlines comes to Mashad from Lahore I think it was :)

US congress allows Boeing sales to Iran?

US congress allows Boeing sales to Iran?
if im not mistaken the plane shud be 7 years of age or older and purchased from third party

On January 15, 2004 an Iran Air Boeing 747SP-86 EP-IAC with 180 passengers and crew onboard suffered hydraulic problems after departure from Beijing Capital International Airport, China. The aircraft returned to the airport, but the nose gear collapsed upon landing. The aircraft was ferried back to Tehran where it was withdrawn from service.Now after 6 years and complex overhaul this giant beauty flies again.

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/4/0/5/1671504.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/7/0/5/1671507.jpg

Mahan Air
Boeing 747-3B3M

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/7/7/1/1671177.jpg

look at the background I think they are the MD-82 for Iran Air...

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/0/2/6/1671620.jpg

^^
hmmm yes it can be :D
I like the MD90s much more

It is very nice that Iran can mantain all this planes in very good condition, with all this embargo stuff going around

^^
hmmm yes it can be :D
I like the MD90s much more
yes the MD-80 are old and unsafe.
The MD90 are quieter than the A320(!!) and burn less fuel than the MD80...

I saw on the IKA website that there are 3 Nouvelair flights to Monastir.
Are they charter flights or a mistake???
There are also Sky airlines and Onur Air flying today.

^^
it's seasonal from 20 march till 1 april I thought
also Saga Air comes to Tehran now
and yes Sky Airlines, Onur Air already flies for 4 years to Tehran seasonal :)
I also updated the IKIA flights on previous page.
also Philipine Airlines wil start flights Manila-Tehran whit an 330-300 at the end of 2010 I thought

== Airlines and destinations from IKIA Update==

Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo 319-200, 320-200, 321-200
Air Asia Kuala Lumpur [seasonal] 330-300
Air Arabia Sharjah 320-200
airBaltic Riga [begins 9 June] 737-300
Alitalia Rome-Fiumicino 320-200
Aria Air Damascus [seasonal] TU154M
Ariana Afghan Airlines Kabul, Kandahar [seasonal], Maziri Sharif [seasonal] 727-200
Atlasjet Gaziantep [seasonal], Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir, Konya 320-200, 757-200
Austrian Airlines Vienna 320-200
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku 319-200
BMI (airline) London-Heathrow 321-200
Bulgaria Air Varna [seasonal] 737-500
Caspian Airlines Damascus, Dubai, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kiev-Boryspil, Minsk, Yerevan MD80, TU154M
China Southern Airlines Beijing-Capital, Urumqi 737-700, 757-200
Cyprus Turkish Airlines Larnaca, Istanbul [seasonal] 737-800
Conviasa Caracas, Damascus 340-200
Corendon Airlines Antalya, Gaziantep, Istanbul-Atatürk [seasonal] 737-300
Emirates Dubai 330-200, 777-200, 777-300
Eram Air Damascus, Isparta [seasonal], Izmir 757-200, TU154M
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi 320-200, 330-200
Freebird Airlines Izmir [seasonal] 321-200
Gulf Air Bahrain 320-200, 340-300
Iran Air Amsterdam, Ankara, Bahrain, Baku, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Beirut, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Goa [charter], Gothenburg-Landvetter, Hamburg, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jeddah, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Larnaca [seasonal], London-Heathrow, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Mumbai, Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino, Seoul-Incheon, Singapore [charter], Stockholm-Arlanda, Tashkent, Tokyo-Narita, Tunis [charter], Vienna F100, 727-200, 320-200, 300-600, 747-100, 747-200, 747-Sp
Iran Aseman Airlines Bishkek, Dubai, Dushanbe, Santa Cruz [charter] ATR75, 727-200
Iraqi Airways Baghdad, Erbil, Najaf 727-200, 737-200, 737-700
Jazeera Airways Kuwait 320-200
Kish Air Damascus, Dubai, Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir [seasonal] MD80, 757-200
KLM Amsterdam MD11
Kuwait Airways Kuwait 320-200, 310-300, 300-600
Lufthansa Frankfurt 340-600, 747-400
Mahan Air Amritsar, Baghdad, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Birmingham, Colombo [seasonal], Damascus, Dammam, Delhi, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Goa [seasonal], Istanbul-Atatürk, Jeddah, Kuala Lumpur, Larnaca [seasonal], [charter], Macau [charter], Tunis [charter], Phuket [starts 2010], Yerevan [seasonal] 310-300, 300-600, 747-300, 747-400, 340-300
Mihin Lanka [B]Colombo [charter] 320-200
Nouvel Air Monastir [seasonal] 320-200
Onur Air Istanbul, Antalya, Izmir [seasonal] 300B4, 300-600, 320-200
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Isparta [seasonal], Izmir, Konya [seasonal]
Philiphine Airlines Manilla [begins late 2010] 330-300
Qatar Airways Doha 320-200, 321-200, 330-300
Gaga Air Istanbul 737-800/ 310-300
Saha Air Damascus [seasonal] 707-300, 300-600
Sky Airlines Gaziantep [seasonal], Nevsehir [begins 26 August] 737-400
SunExpress Antalya, Adana [seasonal] 737-800
Syrian Air Damascus 320-200
Taban Air Beirut [seasonal], Dubai, Istanbul, Izmir[seasonal TU154M
Tailwind Airlines Izmir [seasonal] 737-400
Tajik Air Dushanbe 737-200, TU154M
Turkish Airlines Ankara, Istanbul-Atatürk 320-200, 321-200, 737-800, 330-200
Turkuaz Airlines Istanbul [seasonal] 320-200
UM Airlines Kiev-Boryspil MD80
Viking Airlines Stockholm-Arlanda [starts 2010] 737-300
Wings of Lebanon Beirut [seasonal 737-300

EX-301 is back to service!!!!
Welcome back after the overhaul!:banana::):):)

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/7/5/5/1671557.jpg

^^ great!

IranAir announce new direct flight London to Shiraz

IranAir have announced a new non-stop flight from London Heathrow to the regional capital, Shiraz. The flight will operate weekly between 05 June and 30 October 2010.
IranAIr are planning to operate their Boeing 747 on the route which departs every Saturday from London Heathrow at 1700 local time arriving in Shiraz at 0325 on Sunday morning. The return flight leaves Shiraz every Sunday morning at 0740 arriving in Heathrow at 1145 Local times. (Note local times in Iran from change by 1 hour from 25 September).

Whilst Shiraz is only the sixth largest city in Iran by the measure of population size, it is the centre of Iran's oil refining and electronics industries.


http://www.alternativeairlines.com/news/iranair-announce-new-direct-flight-london-to-shiraz

MASHAD INTL AIRPORT

Aria Air Tehran-Mehrabad TU154M
Bahrain Air Bahrain 320-200
Caspian Airlines Damascus, Tehran-Mehrabad TU154M, MD80
Eram Air Tehran-Mehrabad, Shiraz,Tabriz TU154M
Fars Qeshm Air Tehran-Mehrabad YAK, MD80
Gulf Air Bahrain 320-200, 340-300
Iran Air Bahrain, Frankfurt [Charter], Gorgon, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Tehran-Mehrabad F100, 727-200, 300B4, 300-600, 747-200
Iran Air Tours Abadan, Ahvaz, Bandar Abbas, Chabahar, Dubai, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Khorramabad, Rasht, Sari, Shahrekord, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran-Mehrabad, Urmia, Yazd, Zahedan TU154M
Iran Aseman Airlines Bahrain, Bishkek, Dubai, Dushanbe, Kuwait, Mazar-I-Sharif, Tehran-Mehrabad, Shiraz 727-200, F100
Iraqi Airways Baghdad, Najaf 727-200, 737-200
Jazeera Airways Dubai, Kuwait 320-200
Kam Air Kabul 737-200
Kish Air Damascus, Kish Island, Tehran-Mehrabad, Isfahan MD80
Mahan Air Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Dammam, Damascus, Kerman, Kish, Shiraz, Tehran-Mehrabad, Zabol 310-300, 300B4, 300-600, 747-300, 747-400
Qatar Airways Doha 320-200, 321-200
Saha Airlines Tehran-Mehrabad 707-300, 300-600
Saudi Arabian Airlines Dammam [seasonal] MD90, 747-100
Shaheen Air International Lahore 737-200
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk 737-800, 320-200, 321-200

IranAir announce new direct flight London to Shiraz

IranAir have announced a new non-stop flight from London Heathrow to the regional capital, Shiraz. The flight will operate weekly between 05 June and 30 October 2010.
IranAIr are planning to operate their Boeing 747 on the route which departs every Saturday from London Heathrow at 1700 local time arriving in Shiraz at 0325 on Sunday morning. The return flight leaves Shiraz every Sunday morning at 0740 arriving in Heathrow at 1145 Local times. (Note local times in Iran from change by 1 hour from 25 September).

Whilst Shiraz is only the sixth largest city in Iran by the measure of population size, it is the centre of Iran's oil refining and electronics industries.


http://www.alternativeairlines.com/news/iranair-announce-new-direct-flight-london-to-shiraz

Finally a much needed Int'l flight for Shiraz. They should have done it a long time ago :)

I don't think Shiraz is Iran's 6th city it should be 4th at least.

^^
indeed!
but I thinks it's correct
they meant the 6th most populous city of Iran :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiraz

I heard that Iran Air isn't allowed anymore to fly with Boeing 747 into Europe...
:bash:
( Source: http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2072212&Language=en )

Iran ready to cooperate with new airlines

The Islamic Republic of Iran voices readiness to cooperate with new aviation companies, as the country braces for redoubled effort and work in the new Iranian year (started March 21).

"With the equipment and facilities available at the airports (across the country), we are ready to receive new firms," Mohsen Esmaeli, the Managing Director of Iran Airports Company, told IRNA news agency on Monday.

He also added that a "safe flight" requires advanced radar and navigation systems in the air and on the ground, which should be supported by the Company.

"The Company's services in managing safe flights comply with international standards," noted the official, adding that there is still some way to go until the true realization of satisfactory flights for passengers.

Esmaeli said some 1,000 domestic and 180-190 international flights were recorded each day during this year's Nowruz holidays.

The figures show a massive increase in comparison with the same period last year.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121985&sectionid=351020102

Iran Air restricted from European airspace

The European Commission announced Tuesday that it included Iran Air on its list of restricted airliners because of serious safety concerns.

The European Commission, in its 13th update to the list of airlines embargoed in the European Union, added Iran Air to its list of restricted airliners. The commission said it planned to visit Iran over the next months to review the oversight of Iranian civil aviation.

Iran has witnessed around 12 fatal air crashes in the 21st century. The situation is exacerbated by Western restrictions on replacement parts.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/03/30/Iran-Air-restricted-from-European-airspace/UPI-65301269964317/

Iran Air to continue EU flights as scheduled: official

Iran Air will continue its routine flight schedule to European Union countries as there are no real restrictions imposed on its flight operations, the head of Iran's national air carrier in Germany, Mohammad Reza Rajabi told IRNA on Tuesday. The latest statement released by the European Commission did not level any specific restrictions or conditions on the number of flights, Rajabi said.

The Air Safety Committee put certain conditions in terms of which Iran Air aircraft will be allowed for its flight operations to Europe, he added.

Iran Air flights to Germany vary between eight and 10 flights a week depending on the time of the year, according to Rajabi.

The commission said it planned to visit Iran over the next months to review the oversight of Iranian civil aviation.

http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100331080833/Iran%20Air%20to%20continue%20EU%20flights%20as%20scheduled:%20official%20

IranAir announce new direct flight London to Shiraz

IranAir have announced a new non-stop flight from London Heathrow to the regional capital, Shiraz. The flight will operate weekly between 05 June and 30 October 2010.
IranAIr are planning to operate their Boeing 747 on the route which departs every Saturday from London Heathrow at 1700 local time arriving in Shiraz at 0325 on Sunday morning. The return flight leaves Shiraz every Sunday morning at 0740 arriving in Heathrow at 1145 Local times. (Note local times in Iran from change by 1 hour from 25 September).

Whilst Shiraz is only the sixth largest city in Iran by the measure of population size, it is the centre of Iran's oil refining and electronics industries.


http://www.alternativeairlines.com/news/iranair-announce-new-direct-flight-london-to-shiraz

Thats shocking news! I wasn't expecting that at all! wouldn't it be better going to mashhad than shiraz though? Would love to see two IRA birds in LHR at the same time. I think the timing is also wrong as thats the exact same time as the IKA flight arrives and departs.

also not good news about the banning. Hope they come to their senses and see that there hasnt been any major incident with iran air in foreign airspace and land. I think this would be implemented so more people would fly with european carriers which I think is totally wrong. anyway, even if they are banned, most iranian ppl will fly with emirates

^^
Iran air is allowed to fly to Europe, but they can only use certain aircrafts ( I think only Airbus...)
But I think it is the right thing their are doing: The Boeing are older than 30 years and Iran Air can't really get spare parts for them! IR should replace them with Airbus airplanes at once.

edit

they are only for certain Iran Air Aircraft I saw on this belgian site:
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1901/reisnieuws/article/detail/1087129/2010/03/31/EU-breidt-zwarte-lijst-vliegtuigmaatschappijen-uit.dhtml

the ban is for the Fokker 100 fleet and B727s and some others like the 300B2 which does not fly to europe so no paniq! :D

^^
yes, here is the list of the airplanes which are allowed to fly to europe:

EP-IBA
EP-IBB
EP-IBC
EP-IBD
EP-IBG
EP-IBH
EP-IBI
EP-IBJ
EP-IBS
EP-IBT
EP-IBV
EP-IBZ
EP-ICE
EP-ICF
EP-IBK
EP-IBL
EP-IBP
EP-IBQ
EP-IAA
EP-IAB
EP-IAG
EP-IAH
EP-IAI
EP-IAM
EP-ICD
EP-AGA
EP-IEA
EP-IEB
EP-IED
EP-IEE
EP-IEF
EP-IEG

Only the Fokker 100, Boeing 727 and 2 Boeing 747SP aren't allowed to fly to Europe anymore....

^^
which doesn't change really anything....maybe that makes Iran Air officials wake up to hold a national strike and maybe putting pressure on the IRI! :)

anybody know about iran air a380???

^^
Hahahahahahahaha Iran isn't even allowed to buy A330 let alone they would be permitted to buy an A380
Iran is like you know under Sanctions and can't buy new Airbus planes and Boeing planes only second hand from Russia and eastern countries...

i know but what is your idea aboyt this image...??
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1005/00010355.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/i/00010355.jpg/)

^^^ its called photoshop

the a380 oporators are:
Emirates, Air France, Singapore Airlines. Lufthansa will get it's first A380 soon.

Must say the current livery will suit it much better than this. Or this:

http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/search/photo_search.php?id=00000320

this
http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/search/photo_search.php?id=00002931

or this
http://www.cardatabase.net/modifiedairlinerphotos/search/photo_search.php?id=00009243

^^^ i love the second one.. love the colors.. iran air has the best livery EVER

me too...a love the second one...
i read in website that iran air bought a380 from singapore airline.
i don't know that it is true or false and we know that iran air can't buy boeing and airbus but i don't know they can buy airbus and boeing from another airline or not???

me too...a love the second one...
i read in website that iran air bought a380 from singapore airline.
i don't know that it is true or false and we know that iran air can't buy boeing and airbus but i don't know they can buy airbus and boeing from another airline or not???

They can't buy Boeings/Airbus' younger than 10 years from other airlines.

me too...a love the second one...
i read in website that iran air bought a380 from singapore airline.
i don't know that it is true or false and we know that iran air can't buy boeing and airbus but i don't know they can buy airbus and boeing from another airline or not???

i dont know where your getting your information from, but your really misinformed

Mahan Air B747-400

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4482856385_b12b73e74b_o.jpg

EP-MNR Mahan Air A300-600 seen here taxying to stand after a Rw15 arrival at BHX.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4485790839_bfd9efa69f_o.jpg

Gulf Air
Airbus A340-312
Shiraz International Airport (SYZ/OISS)

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/2/1/3/1677312.jpg

== Airlines and destinations from IKIA Update==
Caspian Airlines Damascus, Dubai, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kiev-Boryspil, Minsk,
UM Airlines Kiev-Boryspil MD80


Nice to see in this list two airlines that fly from Iran to Kyiv, Ukraine my motherland!

P.S. it's corectly to say Kyiv instead of Kiev.

^^
indeed! :)
Ow ok thanks :)

xjbw8ilGjac

They can't buy Boeings/Airbus' younger than 10 years from other airlines.

every time i hear that it makes me sick :ohno::ohno:

the a380 oporators are:
Emirates, Air France, Singapore Airlines. Lufthansa will get it's first A380 soon.

You forgot Qantas, they have 6 in service. They have the second largest firm order for the A380.

every time i hear that it makes me sick :ohno::ohno:
Agree. It's compromising the safety of many people.

Taban Air has got 2 MD-80:

http://images2.jetphotos.net/img/2/7/0/7/35663_1268736707.jpg
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=de&sl=fa&u=http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php%3Fid%3D6800465&prev=/search%3Fq%3Daerospacetalk%26hl%3Dde&rurl=translate.google.de&usg=ALkJrhi8irYc6AIugyIEfJ0-7QioWesIxg
http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/1/5/7/4/23373_1269954475.jpg
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=de&sl=fa&u=http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php%3Fid%3D6812306&prev=/search%3Fq%3Daerospacetalk%26hl%3Dde&rurl=translate.google.de&usg=ALkJrhhcZU1gQQ-WmHtSWZ8xTt0_3lJ-sA

I would neeeeever fly with them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Airplanes of IR which are under maintance now:

EP-IBD : C-CHECK AT THR
EP-IBC: A-CHECK AT THR
EP-IBL: C-CHECK AT THR
EP-IBZ: C-CHECK AT FAIJR ASHIAN
EP-IBQ: C-CHECK (?)
EP-IEB: A-CHECK
EP-CFQ: A-CHECK AT THR
EP-IDF: C-CHECK AT THR
EP-IDA: UNDER REPAIR AFTER CRASHLANDING AT IFN
EP-IDD: FOR PAINTING AT THR
EP-CFM: A-CHECK AT THR
EP-CFL: C-CHECK AT THR
EP-IRT: B-CHECK AT THR
EP-IRP: D-CHECK AT THR

EP-IRS: A-CHECK AT THR

This master plan is the one they are going to construct
for IKIA airport, look at the second picture and you can see in the middle the current terminal.

http://www.adp-i.com/index_en.html

go to airport master design then IKIA

Airplanes of IR which are under maintance now:

EP-IBD : C-CHECK AT THR
EP-IBC: A-CHECK AT THR
EP-IBL: C-CHECK AT THR
EP-IBZ: C-CHECK AT FAIJR ASHIAN
EP-IBQ: C-CHECK (?)
EP-IEB: A-CHECK
EP-CFQ: A-CHECK AT THR
EP-IDF: C-CHECK AT THR
EP-IDA: UNDER REPAIR AFTER CRASHLANDING AT IFN
EP-IDD: FOR PAINTING AT THR
EP-CFM: A-CHECK AT THR
EP-CFL: C-CHECK AT THR
EP-IRT: B-CHECK AT THR
EP-IRP: D-CHECK AT THR

EP-IRS: A-CHECK AT THR

hey Crashlanding at Isfahan????when it has happened???

^^
I think it was 1-2 months ago:


http://www.privateimage.com/images/9z9dew4r2zeu4qaoi7.jpg

http://www.privateimage.com/images/qkjgq69pmfhbmgkcpyec.jpg

Mahan's Boeing 747-400 are grounded at IKA:

http://www.privateimage.com/images/3fn8n9tzu02ti6p16jtt.jpg
The engines are covered.
http://www.privateimage.com/images/4yqyq5lvg8hlu0aztx4.jpg
http://www.privateimage.com/images/uiuii1efbeu4funjquml.jpg
http://www.privateimage.com/images/75uapo9optb2uajcp9.jpg

what is the reason for the ground? and which aircraft flies now to bangkok? oh
man irans aviation is so misereable specially these fokkker 100 are sooo terrible:ohno:

^^
Iran Air flies to Bangkok with BOEING 747 SP (more than 30 years old !!!!!!)

The BOEING 747-400 are grounded because the USA doesn't allows Mahan Air anymore to fly with them because they are "too modern"...
Now they are flying with BOEING 747-300 and sometimes with AIR BUS A310
to Bangkok.

I hope we will see more Airbus A320 in Iran, I flew with an Aseman Fokker 100
last summer and it was teeeeeerible!!!!

what is the reason for the ground? and which aircraft flies now to bangkok? oh
man irans aviation is so misereable specially these fokkker 100 are sooo terrible:ohno:

What do you mean by misereable? Yes. fokker can be terrible, but eventhough, Iran is not the only country that has Boeing 30 years old.

What do you mean by misereable? Yes. fokker can be terrible, but eventhough, Iran is not the only country that has Boeing 30 years old.

They are sanctions against iran and that is a very big problem. iran isn`t a country like kongo or other african countries.we have a great history in civil aviation and as an iranian it make me sick when i see that we can only buy old planes and mostly from eastern europe like tupolevs. However without these fantastic technicals people who repair the planes and the professionel and disciplined pilots it would be even more worst. damet tun garm:banana:

I am familiar with history of Iran's civil aviation - it's awesome. Ukraine(were I am from), has no airlines that have in their fleet 747. Only 5 767. The reason for this is concerned in dum CEO of our airports and goverment, who just steal a big number of money, without investing them into new big terminals that will make big cities like Kyiv a big hub that can manange a 747. It's a pity and I admit it.
However, 2 new terminals to come before EURO-2012
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=412147

And as I understand the problem in buying new fleet is in government?

Iran has problems of Western sanctions and also problems from Russians who cant be trusted, Russia is taking advantage of Irans problems and always playing dirty games

Even manuals they supply are in Russian and they dont care to give any after care service even if u buy the most modern Russian planes

Iranian aviation will remain like this unless US opens up for free parts, the reason and only reason Iran is flying is because of the extremely hard work of the technicans and talent of the pilots

btw are those 747s really grounded?

^^
yes, the B747-400 are really grounded:
http://www.gartal.com/page/mahanair.aspx

any ideas of when we should expect the A340?

^^
hmmm.... last month was an ex- Mauritius Airlines A340-300X on the site of Mahan at www.ch-aviation.ch, but it went to Aerolineas Argentinia.
Some news say, that HiFly will lease an A340 (CS-TQM) to Mahan but I don't know if it is true...

Tehran-Kandahar flights commence

The first flight from Tehran to Kandahar has landed, signaling in a new wave of opportunities for cultural and economic exchange between Iran and Afghanistan.

Aseman airline's first direct flight from the Iranian capital, Tehran, to Kandahar, in neighboring Afghanistan, lifted off on Tuesday.

From now on scheduled flights from Tehran to Kandahar and back will be available to passengers on a weekly basis.

Iranian and Afghan airlines were already conducting at least two flights from Tehran to the Afghan capital, Kabul, every week, but a new route to Afghanistan's second largest city could bring a whole new level of trade between the two countries.

With a population of around one million, Kandahar is a major trading center for sheep, wool, cotton, silk, food grains, fresh and dried fruit, and tobacco.

The new route has opened as overall trade between the two countries picks up momentum.

According to Iran's business attache to Kabul, Farhad Mojallali, just in the first three quarters of the previous Iranian year (which ended on March 20) Iranian exports to Afghanistan increased by 50 percent.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=123315&sectionid=351020108

Mahan Air
Airbus A310-308 Tehran - Mehrabad International (THR / OIII)

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/0/0/0/1685000.jpg

Mahan Air
Boeing 747-3B3M Shiraz International Airport (SYZ/OISS)

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/4/7/1/1684174.jpg

Iran Air
Boeing 747-286BM Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS)

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/7/9/3/1681397.jpg

Mahan Air
Boeing 747-3B3M Kuala Lumpur - International (Sepang) (KUL / WMKK)

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/4/0/1/1679104.jpg

Volcanic ash diverts Iranian flights

Iran Air flights to London from Tehran have made emergency landing at Frankfurt Airport due to ash of cloud covering London's Heathrow Airport airspace.

Iran Air passengers might travel to London tomorrow morning if the weather conditions improve.

A Mahan Air flight had also to make an emergency landing at Dusseldorf Airport. A Mahan Air official in England (Birmingham) said that the Iranian passengers were transferred to Birmingham on buses.

The passengers of Iranian airlines to Europe have been asked to receive information about the status of their flights before going to the airport.

More than 500,000 passengers a day fly in and out of the UK on around 5,300 daily flights. Experts say the chaos, which is already spreading across Europe, could last for days.

Weather forecasters predicted that the ash, high in the sky and difficult to detect, could spread to southern Europe after crossing the UK.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=123484&sectionid=3510212

Iran’s flights to Europe canceled

TEHRAN – Flights from Iran to Europe have been canceled due to a volcanic eruption in Iceland, Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) announced on Friday.


Icelandic Volcano’s eruption and the following flight disruptions in Europe were the reason behind cancellations of several domestic and foreign airlines’ flights from Iran to Europe, CAO spokesperson Reza Jaffarzadeh told the Mehr News Agency.

Jaffarzadeh also said more flights heading toward European countries are likely to be rescheduled or cancelled.

A volcano beneath Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull (ay-yah-FYAH’-plah-yer-kuh-duhl) glacier began erupting Wednesday for the second time in less than a month.

The ash cloud, drifting between 20,000 to 30,000 feet (6,000 to 9,000 meters) high and invisible from the ground, left tens of thousands of travelers stranded around the globe and blocked the main air flight path between the U.S. east coast and Europe

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=217628

I love this picture:

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/6/6/3/1665366.jpg

IRAN AIR A320-211 EP-IEE

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/6/9/8/1686896.jpg

Iran Aseman Airlines - third largest airlines in Iran?

EP-IEA did recieve a new livery:

http://www.privateimage.com/images/ystdoce4kdcjcewu7ga.jpg

http://www.privateimage.com/images/lnd9pf4zc06gampaex.jpg

^^ Thank you all for the pix, news etc :)

Iran Aseman Airlines - third largest airlines in Iran?

I think the 4th after Iran Air Tours

^^
Iran Air
Mahan Air
Caspian Airlines
Kish Air
Iran Aseman
Iran Air Tours
Eram Air
Taban Air
Saha Air
and.......
I think it's this was :s

Pretty large list of airlines. It's a pitty that you are being forced to fly on 30 years old planes.

Aseman is only fifth?Well, i would say they are on the third place. their fleet is bigger than kish and caspian air and they have more routes.

^^
well, Kish Air and Caspian Airlines have more international routes than Iran Aseman...
Caspian has also European routes so did Kish Air too in the past
:)

^^
Iran Air
Mahan Air
Caspian Airlines
Kish Air
Iran Aseman
Iran Air Tours
Eram Air
Taban Air
Saha Air
and.......
I think it's this was :s

Merci :)

^^
Iran Air
Mahan Air
Caspian Airlines
Kish Air
Iran Aseman
Iran Air Tours
Eram Air
Taban Air
Saha Air
and.......
I think it's this was :s

You forgot Zagros Airlines, ATA Air, Aria Air and Fars Air Queshm...
Eram isn't flying at the moment. They grounded all TU-154M.

^^
Eram flies the B757 to Damascus :)

also I didn't mentional all airlines because the others aren't that big

^^
Eram Air has returned the 757 to VIM Airlines last year!
http://www.gartal.com/page/eram.aspx

You can look at other websites, too but Eram hasn't got any 757 any more.
Also on the IKIA timetable I never see flights from Eram Air.
Zagros has got 6, ATA Air 4 MD-82/83... you say they are not big???

^^
first of all, I saw it on IKIA's timetable yesterday and also on flightstats, maybe theyare leasing the 757 from Kish Air..
also Eram Air is seasonal on Ikia ;)
ATA Air just started up and has only a few domestic services how can that be big?!
the same for Zagros which is only a charter Airline...with 2 international destinations: Erbil and Dubai and 1 domestic Abadan-Tehran...
and I also wouldn't call an airline with 4 or 6 planes big :)

Zagros also flies to Damascus.
Kish Air leased their 757 from Sky Wings, why should they lease it to Eram?
By the way Eram has got 3 planes at the moment and is smaller than Zagros.
When you see a Eram Air flight at the IKIA timetable just say it to me:)

well,I don't see any Zagros Air flight on IKIA's timetable ;)
Eram has more destinations

You are right but Eram has stopped flying. How can they fly without any active planes?:):)

^^
well that question we should ask to IKIA loll
anyway last time I saw eram on the time table was one month ago, and Eram is charter too maybe they aren't flying now but only in some seasons :s

that could be possible...

By the way, Zagros is flying today to Damascus:
http://www.fidsdata.com/en_dept.htm

You forgot Zagros Airlines, ATA Air, Aria Air and Fars Air Queshm...
Eram isn't flying at the moment. They grounded all TU-154M.

you forgot naft airlines:nuts: it is the newest airline in iran!here i found an incident with them:


A Naft Air Lines Fokker 100, registration EP-SUS performing flight IRG-2951 from Ahwaz to Tehran Mehrabad (Iran), experienced a hydraulics failure affecting the landing gear while on approach to Mehrabad Airport. The crew performed an alternate gear extension and landed safely.







--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Vienna - Schwechat (VIE / LOWW)
Austria, April 3, 2010

IRAN AIR A320_232 EP_IEB

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/1/0/7/1692701.jpg

Feds: 747 simulator was headed for Iran

Federal prosecutors in Baltimore filed court papers Monday to gain permanent ownership of a commercial airliner flight simulator they claim was set for export to Iran.

According to the filings in U.S. District Court, Hojat Mahmoud Abadi, an Iranian national, purchased the Boeing 747-200 simulator from a Louisville, Ky., company for $100,000 and contracted with a shipping company in Dubai to transport it through the United Arab Emirates to Iran.

Read more

http://mddailyrecord.com/2010/04/26/feds-seize-boeing-simulator-headed-for-iran/

Official: Iran's Air Carrier Ranks 3rd in Middle-East

TEHRAN (FNA)- New data from Flightglobal Insight said that Iran possesses the third largest fleet of passenger and cargo planes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) despite all the pressures and sanctions imposed by the US on the country's aviation sector.

According to Flightglobal report, Iran is home to 10% of the regional fleet.

Due to the economic sanctions imposed by the West "the nation has been turning to Russia to meet its airliner needs", the report added.

Airbus will increase its market share in the Middle East over its rival Boeing in the next decade, the report further pointed out.

The number of Airbus planes among airlines in the MENA region will more than double from 438 last year to 967 by 2019, driven by a large increase in deliveries of A320 aircraft, data from Flightglobal Insight showed.

The UAE, home to some of the world's fastest-growing carriers such as Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways, flydubai and Air Arabia, accounts for the largest share of MENA-based aircraft.

Some 284 aircraft are in use by those Emirati airlines, as well as air cargo companies and private jet operators, and make up about a quarter of the total number of aircraft in the region.

The report by Flightglobal Insight reveals how Boeing and Airbus dominate the Middle East aircraft market.

Altogether, the region will account for 1,813 aircraft by 2019, almost double the 922 present last year. Saudi Arabia has the second-largest fleet of aircraft, although a large proportion are private jets bought from Boeing and Airbus - including the only order for an Airbus A380 superjumbo for the Saudi royal family

The country is home to 14% of the regional fleet, or 158 aircraft, Flightglobal data showed.

Egypt, with its large population and active tourism industry, is fourth with 8% of the fleet followed by Qatar, the flag carrier of which, Qatar Airways, is one of the world's fastest growing carriers.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8901231517

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thanks for the videos:)

Iran Air leases a second Fokker 100 to Kish Air:
EP-IDD

http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/2/0/9/4/77872_1272519490.jpg
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6832382

New paint sheme for Aseman B727 EP-ASA after D-Check

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/9/1/4/1665419.jpg

Lovely videos Tehr-IR. Thanks :)

EP-MHF?????

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/6/3/0/1697036.jpg

^^ That plane is already for a long time in Mahan's fleet...

it looks nice:lol:

^^ That plane is already for a long time in Mahan's fleet...

Yes. Good to see it under overhaul now.

^^
indeed :)
I like to see Mahan in a 330-300 it must be stunning... :)

Mahan Air to start eight new routes in 2010

Iran’s largest private airline will begin two international and six domestic routes

http://www.meed.com/sectors/transport/aviation-and-airports/mahan-air-to-start-eight-new-routes-in-2010/3006151.article

Building Airport in Syria on Agenda

Managing Director of Iran Airports Company (IAC) Mohsen Esmaeeli on Tuesday gave word of the country's preparedness to bolster airport-related cooperation with Syria.

"Tehran is prepared to make available its technical might for building airports and related equipment to Damascus," added Esmaeeli, in a meeting with Syrian deputy transportation minister, Mahmoud Zanbua, in Tehran, IRNA reported.

He also emphasized that his company's experts have high level capabilities for training purposes and Iran can also cooperate with Syria.

Zanbua, for his part, called for using the experiences of the Iranian company in building and expanding airports in Syria.

He referred to his tour of the Air Control Center in Tehran and noted, "In comparison to some countries, this center is more advanced. Therefore, the capacities of the experts of the center should be utilized for training personnel of and expanding the Syrian Air Control Center."

Meanwhile, deputy head of IAC for aviation operations, Mahmoud Rasoulinejad, during the tour of Zanbua from the Air Control Center and Imam Khomeini International Airport

IKIA said the center has 180 different types of standard equipment and 18 antennas.

"This center is the second air control center in the Middle East in terms of range of radar coverage," added Rasoulinejad.

Furthermore, Managing Director of Imam Khomeini International Airport
IKIA Reza Qadimi told Zanbua that every day 120 flights take place from the airport to 70 airports of the world.

He recalled that the current capacity of the terminal of IKIAIKIAImam Khomeini International Airport
IKIA is 4.1 million people.

"Based on developmental plans, the capacity of Imam Khomeini International Airport
IKIA will reach 25 million people in the second phase, 50 million people in the third phase and 100 million people in the fourth phase," added Qadimi.

http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100421052623/Iran:%20Building%20Airport%20in%20Syria%20on%20Agenda%20

Iran says producing passenger plane

press tv:

Iran's Defense Ministry says it will begin the production phase of a domestically-manufactured medium-size passenger plane.

Speaking at an avionics conference in Tehran on Sunday, Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the aircraft is designed to carry up to 150 passengers.

Vahidi also said apart from outstanding progress in the making "stealth" drones, the ministry is also working with the private sector to develop larger passenger planes.

The remarks came a day after the ministry equipped its Air Force with 10 new Toufan (storm) helicopters.

The helicopter is equipped with “state-of-the-art weapons systems including anti-tank missiles, rocket-launchers and 20mm canons,” Vahidi said.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id...onid=351020101



...better fly with Airbus:):):)

ohh man to produce an own aircraft?:D they are really optimistic. i am sure they will be better as the russian plane haha not!!!!

What a beginning for ATA Air...:ohno: Iran's newest MD UR-CHQ has made an emergency landing at Meherabad (coming from Tabriz) . It had a problem with the nose gear.

http://www.privateimage.com/images/y3y3m9is96400a3riram.jpg
http://www.privateimage.com/images/r0345ryap2jicve3m2a5.jpg
By the way UR-CHQ has just been delivered from Onur Air...:bash:

EX-2001 (Mahan Air) is under check now. The check lasts one week and Mahan has canceled all BAe 146 flights...

Hey check this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI7Zvme4278&feature=related

Some people are fighting in a MD from Kish Air:):):)

^^ :lol:

Mahan will get 6 more A300-600!!!
They come via Bukovyna Airlines from Lufthansa and are actually stored at Kiev.

http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=BKV&al_op=1

Mahan will have 11(!) A300-600 then!!!

Mahan will get 6 more A300-600!!!
They come via Bukovyna Airlines from Lufthansa and are actually stored at Kiev.

http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=BKV&al_op=1

Mahan will have 11(!) A300-600 then!!!

It's better to say Kyiv.

Here some pics from http://spotters.net.ua

http://spotters.net.ua/files/images/0000029027_small.jpeg
http://spotters.net.ua/file/?id=29027

http://spotters.net.ua/files/images/0000029049_small.jpeg
http://spotters.net.ua/file/?id=29049

http://spotters.net.ua/files/images/0000029028_small.jpeg
http://spotters.net.ua/file/?id=29028

http://spotters.net.ua/files/images/0000029027_small.jpeg
http://spotters.net.ua/file/?id=29027

^^
great news! :)

Iran Air
Airbus A300B2-203
Tehran - Mehrabad International (THR / OIII)

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/0/2/9/1703920.jpg

Iran Air
Boeing 747SP-86
Tehran - Mehrabad International (THR / OIII)

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/4/3/1703343.jpg

Mahan Air
Boeing 747-3B3M
Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi International (BKK / VTBS)

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/9/3/1/1704139.jpg

Kabul-Mashhad flight hijacking fails

An Ariana Afghan Airlines has landed in Iran safely following a passenger's attempt to hijack and crash the plane on its way from Kabul to the city of Kandahar.

The hijacking attempt failed when security personnel arrested the armed passenger with the help of other passengers, Iran's Fars News Agency reported on Monday.

The flight originated in Kabul with a stopover in Kandahar and destined to its final landing point in the holy city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran.

The plane landed safely in Kandahar's airport, where Afghan security officials detained the hijacker for questioning. The assailant has claimed to be an Afghan soldier.

The aircraft was flying to the southern Afghan city from Kabul when the hijacker tried to take control of the plane with a knife.

An official at the Kandahar International Airport said the plane belonged to the private Ariana Afghan Airlines.

Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior has announced that the detained passenger is being interrogated. The hijacker's possible terror links are not yet clear.

http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=219301

Air Asia X will launch sheduled service to Tehran from July..... 5X a week, still now words from Air Asia side . Any info from Iranian dailies ?

^^
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=498047

That's great news, I like Air Asia :)

I think they will use the A330 :)

Mahan Air
Boeing 747-3B3M
Tehran - Imam Khomeini International (IKA / OIIE)


http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/7/4/9/1704947.jpg

D-AIAZ A300-605R : stored at the moment

http://www.skybird-ev.de/p2f/2010/daiaz_1.jpg
http://www.skybird-ev.de/p2f/2010/daiaz_2.jpg
http://www.skybird-ev.de/p2f/2010/daiaz_4.jpg
http://spotters.net.ua/files/images/0000029435_small.jpeg

The registration of EP-IEA (A320-232) changed to EP-AJC:

http://www.freeup2.com/images/5ha5mnj2fm09ab47ttsh.jpg
Goodbye EP-IEA!!!:cry::cry::cry::cry:

are their current news about aviation in iran??fortunately they were not any huge incidents in the last weeks thats great.:banana:

Mahan A306: Iran is waiting!!!

http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/2/9/7/3/20864_1273954379.jpg

an here a video from the IranAir 747-SP, the plane was long time in Beijing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H9olKNpYLo

with a white antinode

^^
yes, it's EP-IAC it made a crashlanding at Bejing long time ago and was under D-Check at Tehran for 2-3 years but now it's active again!

An Iran Air Boeing 727-200, registration EP-IRR performing a flight from Tehran Mehrabad to Sirri Island (Iran), diverted to Shiraz (Iran) after the outer pane of one of the cockpit windows cracked. The airplane landed safely.

The passengers continued their journey on another aircraft

^^bad news:ohno: seems like a malfunction of the heater...

Anyway, EP-IAG is under D-Check at Fars Co:

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/2/3/6/1711632.jpg

Few of them still believed that the flies again. Because it works only it has tried IranAir

^^sorry but I don't know what you want to tell us...

Few of them still believed that the flies again. Because it works only it has tried IranAir
Schreiben Sie es auf Deutsch und übersetzen ihn mit Google Übersetzer (http://translate.google.de/?hl=de&tab=wT#).

@Elktest:

I also understand German, you could write it in German. I could try to translate it in English (I think Google translator sucks...)

i also didn`t understand it:ohno:

D-AIAL is being C-Checked at Hamburg.
After C-Check it will be delivered to Mahan Air.

http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/2/5/6/4/66829_1274807465.jpg

Iranian, Turkish Airliners Agree to Boost Cooperation

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Turkey's national air carriers, Iran Air and Turkish Airlines, agreed to boost mutual cooperation in various areas of civil aviation.


Managing Director of Iran Air Farhad Parvaresh told FNA on Sunday that the two airlines signed an agreement during a one-day visit to Iran by the Managing Director of the Turkish Airlines to utilize each other's capacities and possibilities.

Parvaresh added that based on the agreement, the two airliners can use each other's capacities to sell ticket for their flights.

He stated that early negotiations were held between the two sides to use empty seats on their flight, considering Iran Air's multiple flights to Turkey and the Turkish Airlines' flights to several cities across Iran.

Parvaresh also underlined that increased interactions between airlines would help develop the two countries' ties.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8903161112

Hi, does anyone know what is up with this Shiraz flight. I have seen conflicting stories. Mehr says that there was a first direct flight with a 747 and the british website from Iran Air says that that they are changing plans and having a airbus 300-600 stopping in Tehran first and then flying on to Shiraz. Anyone know what is really happening here??

New Schedules from London Heathrow

With effect from 5th June, we will be amending our flight schedule from London Heathrow, in order to provide additional flight options to Tehran.

Direct Flights between London (LHR) and Shiraz (SYZ) will now be re-routed via Tehran (IKA).



Passengers travelling to/from Shiraz will remain on board during the IKA stopover and Immigration/Customs procedures will be completed at Shiraz airport.

All flights will be operated by Airbus A300-600 aircraft, configured with Economy and Homa (Business) Class seats.

Taban Air MD82

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/4/6/4/1710464.jpg

Kish Air Fokker 100 leased from Iran Air

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/0/8/6/1710680.jpg

Iran - Government in Kyiv

http://spotters.net.ua/files/images/0000030418_large.jpeg

New Iranian Airline and Airbus .EX reg:B-2327 (China Southern)

http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/2/9/5/4/27086_1276656459.jpg

Belavia launch Stockholm and Tehran from Aug 2010

Belavia Belorussian Airlines from 03AUG10 is launching Minsk – Stockholm 1 weekly service and from 04AUG10 launches Minsk – Tehran 2 weekly flights.

Schedules as follows:

Minsk – Stockholm
B2855 MSQ1800 – 1900ARN CRJ 2
B2856 ARN1950 – 2245MSQ CRJ 2

Minsk – Tehran
B2877 MSQ0115 – 0645IKA 735 3
B2877 MSQ2215 – 0345+1IKA 735 4

B2878 IKA0445 – 0725MSQ 735 5
B2878 IKA0745 – 1025MSQ 735 3

http://airlineroute.net/2010/06/15/b2-arnika/

any more information on iranian airlines?

^^
nowps :)

edit

^^Stunning livery! I like it

^^
Yes, it very cool!!!
The plane is EP-SIG (Saha Air).
I think Saha Air is renamed to Iranian Airlines

Here are some more pictures of ep-sig. EP-SIF will be painted in the same colours, too.

http://img4up.com/images/08271722841462877733.jpg
http://img4up.com/images/51910267199890328854.jpg
http://img4up.com/images/30104227000423743246.jpg

Nice looking airplane!... Red and Purple fit perfectly to this aircraft.

I'd like to see the B707 with the new livery too.

I don't like it...it looks like a cheap livery from China or something...also what for name is Iranian Airlines...I liked Saha more, we have so much culture and art that we can put on our liveries... but this is horrific....

What does SAHA mean?

^^ probarly Iranian Airlines is the new Saha...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saha_Air_Lines

I like IRANIAN AIRLINES name!... sounds good to me

^^
well....haha it doesn't to me it's kinda weird...I just don't like the livery...Iran can have much better! this looks cheap...

^^No, please not!! I somehow hate Saha, and now their name is going to be 'Iranian Airlines'?? It sounds like if it would be the national airline... .

So, what new name would you suggest for?

^^The name which is used until yet, Saha Air. The people know that airline under this name, why change it?

So, what new name would you suggest for?

IAF airlines? So people dont fly with them

I'm sorry, but Iranian Airlines isn't the new SAHA.
Saha just leases their two A306 to this new founded airline.
I think the livery looks better like the boring livery from Iran Air and these cheap liveries from Caspian, Taban, ATA etc.

This livery is gay...
Iran AIr's livery is very professional and the symbol on it shows Persian culture
Caspian looks not bad for a domestic airline
and Mahan Air is good to I love the livey on their 747s
but this is just weird!
not all airlines must have tons of lines, flowers, and other prints on it I like it more simple and professional

Then we have a new start up in Iran... Iranian Airlines. Now we need to know more about it's fleet info, routes flown, etc.

I'm sorry, but Iranian Airlines isn't the new SAHA.
Saha just leases their two A306 to this new founded airline.
I think the livery looks better like the boring livery from Iran Air and these cheap liveries from Caspian, Taban, ATA etc.

Ah okay, from the recent posts here, it seemed Saha has changed it's name... .
Well, then I hope it will be a good start for this new-come airline. Starting with 2 Airbuses is definately better than the other airlines with their Tu-154's.
This livery is gay...
Iran AIr's livery is very professional and the symbol on it shows Persian culture
Caspian looks not bad for a domestic airline
and Mahan Air is good to I love the livey on their 747s
but this is just weird!
not all airlines must have tons of lines, flowers, and other prints on it I like it more simple and professional
I agree with you, but on the top of the livery on the tale it is really beautiful.
But the livery shouldn't be the problem, there are more important issue's for this airline than the livery. They can change the livery at any time they want.
I hope their service, fleet, management and pilots will be very good.
As they started with some planes produced by Airbus, I think this airline will try to gain the market of Mahan Air, they will advertise for their 'good' Airbus and with good service combined, they will probably get in favor of the people (like Mahan). I mean just compare the image of Saha and Mahan.

Will they fly domestic or international?

Two new planes in one picture:): EP-MNO ex. C-GTSI and Iranian Airlines EP-SIG

http://freeebayimagehost.com/images/0t5dbg5n472v6qfxiyt.jpg