List of airlines of Iran

Iran has several private and public airline companies in operation. The oldest is Iran Air. As of June 2009, Iranian planes fly 45 international flight routes. Most of the fleet of Iranian airlines today consist of old Boeings and used or leased Airbus and Russian manufactured aircraft such as Tupolevs.[1] Sanctions from the United States prevents Iran from purchasing most new western made aircraft to update its rapidly aging fleet. Iran's own poor safety regulations and mismanagement on behalf of the Iran civil aviation authorities has also been a known factor to blame.[2] This has resulted in a series of ongoing disasters and incidents.[3] Because of this, in the last 25 years there have been 17 plane crashes, and 1500 deaths (From 2000 to 2006, 11 Iranian plane crashes claimed about 700 lives).[4][5][6] The fact that Iran's economy has been controlled by the government for so many years is also an issue that has affected the aviation industry.[4]

Iran has initiated manufacturing aircraft on its own such as the IR.AN-140.[7] A number of 108 airliners have been added to the fleet of Iranian passenger planes during the last five years.[8] As at July 2015, Iran had 251 commercial planes with 41,218 seats and 6 cargo planes, many of which are not functional because of a lack of spare parts.[9][10]

With a population of 70 million, Iran needs to have 6,300 airplanes while it does not possess more than nine aircraft for every one million individuals.[11] Iran plans to buy 400 passenger planes by 2025 worth some $20 billion.[12][13][14] As of 2014, Iranian airliners spend 25% of their earnings on aircraft maintenance on average while the global average is only 6%.[15] Iran plans to liberalize airfare prices by 2015.[15] As of 2015, foreign airlines earned $3bn in Iran annually.[9]

AIRLINE IMAGE IATA ICAO CALLSIGN COMMENCED
OPERATIONS		 NOTES
ATA Airlines (Iran) I3 TBZ ATAAIR 2010
Atrak Air AK ATR ATRAK 2013
Caspian Airlines RV CPN CASPIAN 1993
Iran Air IR IRA IRANAIR 1938 Flag Carrier and Iran's largest Airline
Iran Air Tours B9 IRB AIRTOUR 1973
Iran Aseman Airlines EP IRC ASEMAN 1980
Iranian Naft Airlines NV IRG NAFT 1992
Kish Air Y9 IRK KISHAIR 1989
Mahan Air W5 IRM MAHAN AIR 1992 Iran’s second-largest airline, and its largest privately owned airline.[16]
Meraj Airlines JI MRJ MERAJ 2010 Iran's first VIP Airline and youngest Airline based on the fleet age
Payam Air 2F IRP PAYAMAIR 2008 Express Shipping/Cargo
Pouya Cargo Air PYA POUYA 2008 Cargo
Qeshm Airlines QB IRQ QESHM AIR 1996
Taban Air HH TBM TABAN AIR 2006
Taftan Air SBT TAFTAN
Zagros Airlines ZV IZG ZAGROS

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