Airlines
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Two New Airlines Start Operations From Mehrabad Airport
EghtesadOnline: Two new companies, namely Fly Persia and Pars, were recently added to the list of airlines operating from Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport, according to the news portal…
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Vacation Tours to Turkey Cancelled
EghtesadOnline: Vacation packages and tours to Turkey have been cancelled, although airlines are allowed to continue operating flights to the neighboring country, secretary of the Association…
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Turkish Airlines to Resume Shiraz-Istanbul Flights From March 10
EghtesadOnline: Turkish Airlines will resume its Shiraz-Istanbul flights on March 10, according to the general manager of Fars Province’s Airports, Gholamreza Karim-Aqaei.
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Turkish Airlines to Resume Shiraz-Istanbul Flights From March 10
EghtesadOnline: Turkish Airlines will resume its Shiraz-Istanbul flights on March 10, according to the general manager of Fars Province’s Airports, Gholamreza Karim-Aqaei.
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Iranian Airlines Purchase Eight Secondhand Passenger Planes
EghtesadOnline: Iranian airlines have purchased eight secondhand passenger planes, says the head of Civil Aviation Organization of Iran.
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Airlines Call for Lifting Cap on Passenger Capacity
EghtesadOnline: The Association of Iranian Airlines has sent a letter to President Hassan Rouhani seeking the termination of airlines’ obligation to sell tickets only up to 60% of planes’ total…
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Iran: Airfares Set to Rise by 10%
EghtesadOnline: The Supreme Civil Aviation Council approved a 10% rise in the ticket prices of domestic flights compared with prices set by the Association of Iranian Airlines in the month ending…
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Planes' Seating Capacity Set at 60%, Ticket Fares to Rise
EghtesadOnline: Airlines will only be allowed to sell tickets for up to 60% of plane’s total seating capacity as of Oct. 22, Maqsoud Asadi-Samani, secretary of the Association of Iranian Airlines,…
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Iran-Turkey Flights Called Off Yet Again
EghtesadOnline: All flights between Iran and Turkey will be called off as of Oct. 4, based on a decision by Turkish civil aviation authority, Maqsoud Asadi-Samani, secretary of the Association…
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Airlines Allowed to Boost Passenger Capacity
EghtesadOnline: Domestic airlines, which were allowed to sell tickets for up to 60% of their total seating capacity when they resumed operations a few months ago, can now increase their booking…
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More Int'l Airlines Resume Flights to Iranian Cities
EghtesadOnline: International flights to and from Iran are resuming after more airlines reactivate routes that were cancelled after the new coronavirus spread.
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Airlines to Receive $87 Million in Coronavirus Bailout
EghtesadOnline: As part of the 80 trillion rials ($350 million) economic relief package for the transportation sector approved by the government, airlines will receive 20 trillion rials ($87…
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Int'l Airlines Gradually Resuming Iran Flights
EghtesadOnline: After four months of closure due to Covid-19 curbs, both Iranian and foreign airlines are resuming flights to and from destinations in Iran.
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Iranian Airlines' Losses Cross $180m
EghtesadOnline: Iranian airlines are estimated to have sustained 30,000 billion rials ($187 million) in losses by April 3, as coronavirus has halted flights within the country and abroad.
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No Penalty for Changing, Canceling Travel Tickets
EghtesadOnline: Airlines and rail companies have been ordered by the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development to waive the fees for changing or canceling tickets in light of the ongoing coronavirus…
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One-Way Flights to Bring Back Iranians
EghtesadOnline: Iranian airlines are operating flights to bring back Iranians stranded in neighboring countries, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
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Iran Airport Traffic Reviewed
EghtesadOnline: Iran Airports Company registered a total of 320,524 takeoffs and landings by domestic and foreign airlines during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2019-Jan.…
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US Relaxes Iran Overflight Curbs
EghtesadOnline: The US Federal Aviation Administration is allowing US airlines to resume operations over large areas of the Persian Gulf after it barred American carriers from the area in the…
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Mehrabad Int’l Airport’s Monthly Traffic Reviewed
EghtesadOnline: A total of 5,220 domestic flights were operated by 16 airlines at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport during the month to Jan. 20, 2020.
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EASA Withdraws Overflight Warnings for Iran
EghtesadOnline: European airlines can return to parts of Iranian and Iraqi airspace, the EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Wednesday, three weeks after Iran accidentally shot down a Ukrainian…
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KLM Resumes Flights Over Iranian Airspace
EghtesadOnline: Dutch carrier KLM announced Thursday it will resume flights over Iran, about two weeks after it and several other airlines barred flights in the airspace after Tehran accidentally…
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Domestic Flights From Mehrabad Up 25 Percent
EghtesadOnline: A total of 5,313 domestic flights were operated by 16 airlines from Mehrabad International Airport during the eighth Iranian month (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) to register a 25% rise compared…
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Iran Complains to ICAO Over Airplane Refueling Problems
EghtesadOnline: 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…
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14% Decline in Iranian Flights
EghtesadOnline: 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…
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Airfares Expected to Decline in Iran
EghtesadOnline: Iran's currency market has lost some of its fluctuating fervor in the past few days, leading to hopes that airlines will also bring down their skyrocketing prices, as some have…
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Iranian Airlines Anxious About Rising Costs, Dwindling Business
EghtesadOnline: Airlines have recently voiced concerns about their future operations, underscoring their most serious problems in a letter to President Hassan Rouhani.
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Int’l Airlines’ Presence in Iran Boosted After JCPOA
EghtesadOnline: A total of 51 foreign airlines are now operating in Iran, up from fewer than 40 before the implementation of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive…
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More airline outages seen as carriers grapple with aging technology
EghtesadOnline: Airlines will likely suffer more disruptions like the one that grounded about 2,000 Delta flights this week because major carriers have not invested enough to overhaul reservations…