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.
June 21, 2019 17:23
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June 21,2019Iran Air will operate 100% of hajj flights to Saudi Arabia this year with its own fleet of airplanes, says deputy managing director of the Iranian flag carrier airline, Hassan Qasemi. -
May 22,2019Iran Air unveiled its overhauled 25-year-old Fokker 100 on Wednesday. The aircraft had been grounded for over two years for lack of landing gear and engine, an official with Iran’s flag carrier... -
February 24,2019Iran's national flag carrier Iran Air, also known as Homa, added three secondhand Airbus A319 jets to its fleet on Sunday for commemorating its 57th anniversary. -
December 21,2018The Iranian flag carrier’s second regional flight with ATR 72-600 aircraft was operated on Thursday, leaving Tabriz International Airport in East Azarbaijan Province for Heydar Aliyev International... -
December 18,2018Iran has called on the European Union to press US authorities to allow the delivery of Airbus passenger aircraft purchased by Tehran. -
November 04,2018Iran Air is open to offers made by any planemaker that can sell airplanes to Iran without being obliged to obtain licenses from US Treasury’s Office for Foreign Assets Control, the CEO of Iran’s... -
September 24,2018The government’s Economic Council last week approved a proposal of Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi, based on which the government is to issue 10 trillion rials ($70 million)... -
August 05,2018The 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... -
August 04,2018Five 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... -
August 01,2018Photos 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... -
July 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... -
June 08,2018Iran Air is planning to launch Tehran-Sydney services later in 2018, using Airbus A330-200s. Speaking on...
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June 08,2018Iran 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... -
May 14,2018Franco-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... -
May 04,2018The 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... -
April 29,2018Iran 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... -
April 29,2018US 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... -
April 20,2018About 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,”... -
April 18,2018Iran 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... -
March 06,2018A 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... -
March 04,2018Iran'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... -
March 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... -
January 19,2018Iran warned on Wednesday that its multibillion dollar deals for Airbus planes had been... -
January 12,2018Iran Air’s brand new ATR 72-600 turboprop landed in Parsabad Moghan Airport in the... -
December 30,2017Iran has signed two preliminary contracts one with a Chinese and another with a European firm to finance its airplane orders
