Qeshm Air
Qeshm Air (Persian: هواپیمایی قشم) is an Iranian airline; it has its headquarters in Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf and operates scheduled domestic and international passenger services as well as charter flights. The airline was founded in 1993 as Faraz Qeshm Airline.[1]
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| Founded | 1993 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1996 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 21 | ||||||
| Destinations | 37 | ||||||
| Parent company | Ministry of Petroleum (Iran) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Ekbatan Complex, Tehran, Iran | ||||||
| Key people | Queshm Free economic zone development organization (Founder) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
History
Qeshm Air was founded in 1993 and established its services by leasing airplanes from other airlines. The company's first routes were from Tehran to Qeshm, and from Tehran to Dubai. By the year 2000, Qeshm Air had seven aircraft in its fleet. The current CEO of this airline is Mahmoud Shekarabi. [2]
Destinations
Fleet
Current fleet
The Qeshm Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of February 2020):[3]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A300-600R | 4 | — | 24 | 283 | 307 | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 3 | — | 12 | 144 | 156 | |
| Avro RJ85 | 1 | — | – | 85 | 85 | |
| Avro RJ100 | 5 | — | – | 110 | 110 | |
| Fokker 100 | 4 | — | – | 117 | 117 | |
| Fokker 50 | 4 | — | – | |||
| Total | 21 | |||||
Former fleet
Qeshm Airlines formerly operated these aircraft:[4]
- Airbus A300B4
- Airbus A319-100[5]
- Airbus A321-100
- 4 Fokker 50
- McDonnell Douglas MD-83
- Yakovlev Yak-40
- Yakovlev Yak-42D
- Tupolev Tu-154M
Accidents and incidents
- On 17 May 2001, a Faraz Qeshm Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 departed from Tehran on a flight to Gorgan Airport carrying 30 people; including the Iranian Transport Minister Rahman Dadman, two deputy ministers and seven more members of parliament. It was forced to divert due to bad weather conditions and was later discovered crashed in the Alborz mountains, near Sari, Iran. All on board perished.[6][7]
References
- 09361886106, M.Golestani. "Qeshm Air Official Website". www.qeshm-air.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- 09361886106, M.Golestani. "Qeshm Air Official Website". www.qeshm-air.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "Qeshm Airlines Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- "Qeshm Airlines Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
- "Iran's Qeshm Air adds maiden A319". Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- "ASN Aircraft Accident Yakovlev 40 EP-TQP Sari". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
- Detailed Aircraft Information. The Soviet Transport Database - Scramble
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