Karun Airlines

Karun Airlines (formerly Iranian Naft Airlines) is an airline based in Ahvaz, Iran. It operates cargo and passenger scheduled and charter services within Iran and to neighbouring regions. Its main bases are Tehran-Mehrabad and Ahwaz International Airport.[1]

Karun Airlines
هواپیمایی کارون
IATA ICAO Callsign
NV IRG Karun
Founded1992
Focus citiesAhwaz Airport, Mehrabad Airport
Fleet size10
Parent companyMinistry of Petroleum (Iran)
HeadquartersAhwaz, Iran & Tehran, Iran
Key people
  • Eng. M. Parvanezadeh (CEO)
  • Eng. A. Asad (Managing Director)
  • Eng. M. Bahreman (DMDE)
  • Capt. S.M. Mahmoudi (DMDO)
  • Capt. H. Fallahi (FOTM)
Websitehttps://www.karunair.ir

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1992. In 2004 it officially became known as Iranian Naft Airline. Owned and operated by the Retirement Organization of National Iranian Oil Company, it has more than 600 employees.[1]

In September 2017, it was announced that the airline was to be renamed as Karun Airlines.[2]

Destinations
City Country IATA ICAO Airport
Ahwaz IranAWZOIAWAhwaz International Airport Base
Sirri Island IranSXIOIBSSirri Island Airport
Abadan IranABDOIAAAbadan International Airport
Isfahan IranIFNOIFMIsfahan International Airport
Kish Island IranKIHOIBKKish Airport
Mashhad IranMHDOIMMMashhad International Airport
Aghajari IranAKWOIAGAghajari Airport
Shiraz IranSYZOISSShiraz International Airport
Tehran IranTHROIIIMehrabad International Airport Base
Yazd IranAZDOIYYShahid Sadooghi Airport
Mahshahr IranMRXOIAMMahshahr Airport
Tabriz IranTBZOITTTabriz International Airport
Kharg IranKHKOIBQKharg Airport
Ardabil IranADUOITLArdabil Airport
Assaluyeh IranPGUOIBPPersian Gulf Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

The Karun Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of August 2019:[3]

Karun Airlines fleet
Aircraft In
service		 Orders Passengers Notes
Fokker 50 6 — 50
Fokker 100 4 — 100
Total 10 —

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

gollark: I'll have cryoapiocryocryoform #125981508125901 stand down.
gollark: Sad!
gollark: Ah, it's self-hosting? Very cool!
gollark: I guess it's all just Turing machines, but still.
gollark: String manipulation in HTML sounds hard too.

See also

References
  1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 94.
  2. https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/59147-irans-naft-airlines-rebrands-as-karun-airlines
  3. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 17.

Media related to Naft Airlines at Wikimedia Commons


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.