Iran Air News
Trusted source for Iran Air news, including stories about IranAir's post-sanctions deals with Boeing, Airbus and ATR; plane deliveries, destinations and fleet expansion plans.
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08/06/2018The Franco-Italian planemaker ATR Aircraft delivered five new ATR 72-600 planes to Iran Air on Saturday and the jets landed in Tehran a day later on Sunday, which move is interpreted by Iran Air's... -
08/05/2018Five new ATR planes are expected to land in Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport on Sunday 9:00 local time. The landing, which is taking place hours before the deadline for the reimposition of... -
08/02/2018Photos of at least six brand new ATR 72-600 turboprops made for Iran in the vicinity of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport have surfaced on aviation media outlets in recent days, raising hopes for the... -
07/23/2018Iran’s flag carrier airline, Iran Air, has no plan to renovate its fleet with Russian-made Sukhoi jets, even now that buying aircraft from western planemakers has faced serious challenges amid US... -
06/09/2018Iran Air is planning to launch Tehran-Sydney services later in 2018, using Airbus A330-200s. Speaking on...
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06/09/2018Iran will use all possible legal channels to pursue its interest over Boeing’s decision to cancel its deal with Iran Air, the minister of roads and urban development said. “We should not be... -
05/15/2018Franco-Italian planemaker ATR is ready to deliver a number of airplanes to Iran Air before the US sanctions’ revival in August, an advisor to the minister of roads and urban development said on... -
05/05/2018The fate of Iran Air’s post-sanctions contracts with western planemakers depends on European’s reaction to US President Donald Trump’s expected decision to leave the 2016 nuclear deal, an advisor... -
04/30/2018Iran Air, the country’s flag carrier, announced plans to increase its weekly flights to Qatari capital Doha from May 1, to meet the growing demand for flights to Qatar and in line with the... -
04/30/2018US President Donald Trump’s threats to leave the nuclear agreement has so far made no direct impact on Iran Air’s contracts to buy airplanes from western planemakers, an advisor to the minister of... -
04/21/2018About 50 female pilots are to take part in Iran Air’s upcoming recruitment exam, Iran Air’s chief executive said. “Not all of the female applicants are eligible to operate passenger flights,”... -
04/19/2018Iran Air, the country’s flag carrier, will take delivery of 14 brand-new airplanes, include three Airbus jets, three Boeing jets in addition to eight ATR turboprops, by the end of 2018, if it... -
03/07/2018A flight between the two port cities of Bandar Abbas and Bandar-e Jask in Hormozgan Province was launched on Sunday by Iran's national airline, Iran Air. According to Mahmoud Amani, the director... -
03/05/2018Iran's flag carrier IranAir transferred over 400,000 passengers during the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017), which shows a 7% growth compared to the previous year, an official at the... -
03/03/2018The recent ruling by a US federal court ordering aerospace giant Boeing to disclose the details its contract with Iran will not create any problem for Iran's flag carrier, says Farzaneh Sharafbafi... -
01/20/2018Iran warned on Wednesday that its multibillion dollar deals for Airbus planes had been... -
01/13/2018Iran Air’s brand new ATR 72-600 turboprop landed in Parsabad Moghan Airport in the... -
12/30/2017Iran has signed two preliminary contracts one with a Chinese and another with a European firm to finance its airplane orders -
12/23/2017Iran Air is expected to take delivery of two more ATR planes by the end of December. -
12/17/2017Any attempt by the US to block the sales of aircraft to Iran is tantamount to blatant violation of the JCPOA... -
12/13/2017Executives from aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing are due to arrive in Tehran next week to... -
11/18/2017The first Tehran-Jahrom flight was inaugurated on Thursday, awakening the long idle... -
11/15/2017The CEO of Franco-Italian planemaker ATR says its contract with Iran stands firm -
10/02/2017Iran Air said the deal it has signed with the American ... -
10/01/2017Iran Air is to launch a new subsidiary airline to regional countries ...
