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Iran Airtour
هواپیمائی ایران ایرتور
Havāpeymāyi-ye Iran Eyrtur
IATA ICAO Call sign
B9 IRB IRAN AIRTOUR
Founded1973; 51 years ago (1973)[1]
Operating basesMashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport
Destinations23
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
Key peopleMr. Majid Shekari (Owner)
Employees1300
Websitewww.iranairtour.ir

Iran Airtour is a privately-owned Iranian airline that was launched in 1973. Its main base is Mashhad Airport.

History

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Foundation and early years

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Iran Airtour is one of Iran's private airlines, established in 1973 by Iran Air (Persian: هواپیمایی جمهوری اسلامی ایران) with the aim of launching tours to the cities of Iran and different countries. In 1982, Iran Airtour started scheduled domestic tours from all over Iran to Mashhad. Two years later, the airline started to develop foreign tours to China, UAE, India, Singapore and Malaysia.[citation needed]

Iran Airtours flight activity as an independent airline started in 1992 in Mashhad, which became the operations center of the airline. A direct air link from Mashhad to the centers of 13 provinces ensued. Iran Airtour was also responsible for operating flights from different cities to Mecca for pilgrimage, as well as regional flights with 19 aircraft to Damascus, Stockholm, Moscow, and Ashgabat.[citation needed]

Development since 2010

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Until 2010, Iran Airtour was one of the state-owned airline companies in Iran, but subsequently, in accordance with Article 44 of the Constitutional law, ownership was assigned to Hesayar Co., a subsidiary of the Iranian Ministry of Defence. Because four of five consecutive payment checks from Hesayar Co. bounced for insufficient funds, the original assignment was canceled. After another auction in 2016, the airline was conceded to the private sector.[2]

In October 2021, Iran Airtour got permission to fly in the European airspace, making it the second Iranian airline to be able to do so.[citation needed] Iran Airtour is also one of the companies that has a license for aviation training in Iran (ATO) from the National Aviation Organization. Iran Airtour is a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and holds the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), audited by IATA-approved auditors. Iran Airtour Airlines consists of more than 1300 specialized and skilled personnel in different parts.[citation needed]

Destinations

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Iran Airtour's primary base is Mashhad Airport.[3] As of April 2023, Iran Airtour operates scheduled services to the following destinations.[4]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Armenia Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport
Georgia Batumi Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport
Tbilisi Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport
Kazakhstan Aqtau Aqtau International Airport Seasonal
Iran Abadan Abadan Ayatollah Jami International Airport
Ahvaz Qasem Soleimani International Airport
Asaluyeh Persian Gulf Airport
Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas International Airport
Birjand Birjand International Airport
Bushehr Bushehr Airport
Isfahan Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport
Kish Kish International Airport
Mashhad Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport Hub
Rasht Rasht Airport
Shiraz Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport
Tabriz Tabriz Shahid Madani International Airport
Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport Hub
Mehrabad International Airport Hub
Zahedan Zahedan Airport
Iraq Baghdad Baghdad International Airport
Najaf Al Najaf International Airport
Russia Sochi Adler-Sochi International Airport Seasonal [citation needed]
Turkey Denizli Denizli Çardak Airport Seasonal
Istanbul Istanbul Airport
İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport
United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai International Airport

Fleet

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Iran Airtour Airbus A300-600
Iran Airtour McDonnell Douglas MD-82

As of June 2023 the Iran Airtour fleet consisted of the following aircraft.[5][6][needs update]

Iran Airtour fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
B E Total
Airbus A300-600 4 22 258 280
Airbus A310-300 4 18 232 250
Airbus A320-200 1 170 170
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 4 160 160
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 1 160 160
McDonnell Douglas MD-87 1 130 130
Total 15

Accidents and incidents

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Since 1993, Iran AirTour has had three fatal aircraft accidents.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Iran Airtour Airlines". iat.aero. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ IRAN AIRTOUR .IR
  3. ^ "World airline directory 2009: Part two, C–L". Flight International: 65. 7–13 April 2009. ISSN 0015-3710.
  4. ^ Destinations Archived 12 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine iat.aero
  5. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 17.
  6. ^ "Airbus orders and deliveries" (XLS). Airbus S.A.S. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ Can News [dead link]
  8. ^ بازخوانی-سقوط-توپولف-۱۵۴-ایران-ایرتور Archived 12 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine airlinepress.ir
  9. ^ "سایت خبری هرمز".
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