Iran Aviation News

Iran Airports Company registered 30,635 takeoffs and landings during the second month of the current Iranian year (April 21-May 21), which shows a 13% decline compared with the similar period of…

Imam Khomeini Airport City officially concluded Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer (ORAT) in Salam Terminal-Gallery on Sunday ahead of its inauguration in the near future.

Direct flights between Iran and Tajikistan have resumed after Varesh Airlines flew from Iran's holy city of Mashhad to Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe on June 6. Varesh Airlines is a private…

Refusals on the part of some international airports to provide fuel to Iranian airlines have led the Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran to voice complaints to the…

Iran’s Varesh Airlines will launch direct flights on the Mashhad-Dushanbe route as of June 6.  The first flight from Tajikistan to Iran will be made by a Boeing 737-500 aircraft with a…

The number of flights operated by Iranian airlines in the last fiscal year (March 2018-19) fell by 14% compared with the year before to stand at 218,900, the secretary of the Association of…

Iran 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…

Imam Khomeini International Airport is set to conduct domestic flights after the inauguration of its new terminal, Salaam. "Passengers will have more options to choose from once some of the…

Imam Khomeini Airport’s Salam Terminal is ready for inauguration, managing director of Imam Khomeini Airport City Company Ali Rostami said after a visit to the new terminal on Saturday. 

Iran Airports Company registered 34,774 takeoffs and landings during the first month of the current Iranian year (March 21-April 20), which shows a 15% decrease compared with the similar period…

A new chief executive has been appointed to manage Iran's flag carrier airline Iran Air, formerly known as Homa. Touraj Dehqani Zanganeh replaces Farzaneh Sharafbafi, Iran Air’s first female…

The Industrial Development and Renovation Organization plans to launch the production of civil helicopters to meet domestic demand for emergency operations during natural disasters. 

Iran Airports Company registered 34,178 takeoffs and landings during the 11th month of the last Iranian year (Jan. 21-Feb. 19, 2019), which shows a 13% decline compared with the similar period…

Bushehr International Airport has launched new flights between the city of Bushehr, the capital of Bushehr Province, and Kish Island, both in southern Iran since March 13.

Iran has banned Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 from its airspace due to safety concerns raised following the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight last week.

Reza Jafarzadeh, Iran's…

Gorgan International Airport will start operating two new flights to three new destinations, namely Rasht, Tabriz and Aktau in Kazakhstan, in the new Iranian year (starting March 21), the…

Iran Airports Company registered 394,932 takeoffs and landings during the 11 months to Feb. 19, which shows a 14% decrease compared with the similar period of last year. A total of 47.59…

Iran'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. According to Iran Air officials…

A Boeing commercial airliner that belongs to budget carrier Norwegian Air and was stranded in Iran after an emergency landing in December, landed at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport early Saturday,…

Iran Airports Company logged 360,754 takeoffs and landings during the first ten months of the current fiscal that ends in March 2019, down 14% compared to the same period last year. More than…

Qatar Airways started a direct flight between Doha and Isfahan on Monday, IRNA quoted Hassan Amjadi, director general of Isfahan Airports Company, as saying.  The state-owned flag carrier…

A meeting was held at the Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran on Sunday to discuss the details of the construction of a new terminal. Iranshahr Terminal is projected to become "Iran’s…

Germany plans to ban Iranian airline Mahan Air from its airports, media reports said on Monday, in an escalation of sanctions adopted by the European Union against Iran. "The Federal Aviation…

Iran Airports Company registered 327,803 takeoffs and landings during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec. 21), which shows a 13% decrease compared with the similar…

Fifteen people on board were killed when a Boeing 707 cargo plane crashed Monday morning after it skidded off the runway during an emergency landing at Fath Airport in Iran's Alborz Province.