List of defunct airlines of Iran

This is a list of defunct airlines of Iran.[1][2]

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations Ceased operations Notes
Aban Air[3] K5 ABE 2006 2007
Air Taxi company[4] 1958? 1980 Merged to create Iran Aseman Airlines
Air Service[4] 1980
Aram Air[5] IRW 2000 2002
Aria Air Tour IRX 1999 2001
Aria Air IRX ARIA 2001 2014
Arvand Airlines[3]
Atlas Air[5] 2000 2001
Atrak Air AK ATR ATRAK 2013 2018
Bon Air[6] 1997 1998
Bonyad Airlines[7]
Dena Airways D9 DAI DENA 2016 2021-2022 Goverment Airline[8]
Eagle Air 1948 1949 merged into Iranian Airways[9]
Esquith Air 1997[10]
Eram Air YE IRY ERAM AIR 2005 2013
Fly Qeshm 2016 Joint airline between Iranian and chinese investors, did not launch,[11] operated CRJ 900[12]
Fars Air Qeshm QE QFZ FARS AIR 2006 2013
Fars Air Qeshm QE QFZ FARS AIR 2017 2021
Helicopter Company of Iran 1980 [13]
HESA Airlines H8 SPN 2011 2014 Rebranded as Sepahan Airlines
Iran National Airlines IR 1962 1973 Renamed/merged to Iran Air
Iranian Air Transport IRG IATC 1992 2009 Rebranded as Naft Airlines
Iranian Airlines 2010 2010 Formed by Saha Airlines. Project cancelled July 2010.
Iranian Airways 1944 1961 Renamed/merged to United Iranian Airlines
Iranian State Airlines 1938 1946 State owned, replaced by Iranian Airways which later became Iran Air
Jam Air 2018 2018 Never Launched[14]
Junkers Airline Company in Iran 1927 1932 First Commercial Iranian Airline, owned by Junkers[15]
Mohann Air 2001
Naft Airlines NV IRG 2009 2017 Renamed/merged to Karun Airlines
Pariz Air[7] IRE 1997 2001
Pardis Air 2020 2024? AOC suspended[16]
Pars Air[4] PRA 2006 2008
Pasargad Airlines 2013 ???? Cancelled[17]
Persian Air Services PAS 1954 1962 Merged with Iran Air
Photros Air KHP 2006 2007
Saffatt Airlines IRV 1998 2017 [18]
Safiran Airlines SFN SAFIRAN 1988 2007
Tehran Airways THR TAW 2001 2002
United Iranian Airlines 1961 1962 Renamed/merged to Iran National Airlines
Yas Air MHD 2008 2014

Further reading

  • Manoucherians L., Illustrated Directory of civil aircraft of Iran 1924-2022, Top Kit Publishing, vol. 1, ISBN 978-0-578-29194-9.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  2. ^ "Since 1997, ATDB is the only service providing an accurate global and permanently updated details of all worldwide transport aircraft, airlines, private and government operators - and leasing companies". aerotransport.org. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  3. ^ a b "مجوز سه شركت هواپيمايي ديگر لغو شد" (in Persian). Iran Civil Aviation Organization. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Aseman History". Iran Aseman Airlines Fars Branch. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  5. ^ a b "مجوز 8 شرکت هواپیمایی داخلی لغو شد/ مهلت چند ماهه به 7 ایرلاین‌". Fars News (in Persian). 1 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Bon Air history from Iran, rest of world".
  7. ^ a b "شركت هاي هواپيمايي فعال و غير فعال" (in Persian). Iran Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Airline codes full details - Airline Codes Full Details". www.avcodes.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  9. ^ "Eagle Airlines (Iran)".
  10. ^ "Esquith Air".
  11. ^ "Fly Qeshm history".
  12. ^ "Iran's Fly Qeshm set for 10 CRJ 900s".
  13. ^ "Helicopter Company of Iran".
  14. ^ "(Jam Airlines) history from Iran, rest of world".
  15. ^ Lester, Stephanie (2022-12-05). "Industry Spotlight: Airlines". American Iranian Council. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
  16. ^ "Iran's CAA warns Pardis Air lacks licence, bars Kish flights". ch-aviation. Archived from the original on 2025-11-07. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
  17. ^ "Parsagard Airlines fleet".
  18. ^ "Saffatt Airlines". cargoforwarder.eu. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
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