Aria Air
A Fokker 50 of Aria Air | |||||||
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| Founded | 1999 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | July 24, 2009 | ||||||
Operating bases | Bandar Abbas, Iran | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Destinations | 11 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran | ||||||
| Key people | Captain Mehdi Dadpay, Seyfallah Moradi & Mohammad Hossein Alavi | ||||||
| Website | web | ||||||
Aria Air (Persian: هواپیمایی آریا, Havâpeymâyi-ye Âriyâ) was an airline based in Bandar Abbas, Iran. It operated international and domestic passenger service. Officially, its main base was in Bandar Abbas, but the headquarter was located in Tehran.
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1999 as Aria Air Tour.[1] In 2001 the airline was renamed to Aria Air. With a fleet of leased Yakovlev's and Tupolevs the airline had added it's route to Dubai. In 2004 two Fokker 50s were added to the Aria Air fleet. In 2009 following a fatal accident the airline ceased all operations on the exact same day.
Fleet
The Aria Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of January 2013):[2]
As of July 2014 Iran banned the use of aircraft over twenty years old, so both machines were grounded.[3]
Destinations
- Iran
- United Arab Emirates
- Syria
- Tajikistan
Incidents
- On 13 November 2000, an Aria Air Yakovlev aircraft was hijacked.[4]
- On 24 July 2009, Aria Air Flight 1525 an Ilyushin IL-62M, registered UP-I6208, crashed on landing at Mashhad International Airport, Mashhad, Iran, killing 16 people including the CEO Mehdi Dadpay. 136 of the passengers escaped any harm, but 19 of them were injured.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Aria Air Airline Profile". centreforaviation.com. CAPA. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ^ "Aria Air on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Iran to ban 20+ year old aircraft from active service". ch-aviation. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "Unlawful Interference Yakovlev Yak-40K EP-EAM, Monday 13 November 2000". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2026-05-01.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ "Seventeen die in Iran plane blaze". BBC News. 24 July 2009. Archived from the original on 24 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
External links
- Aria Air official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in Persian)