Qeshm Air
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| Founded | 1993 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1996 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 16 | ||||||
| Destinations | 45[1] | ||||||
| Parent company | Ministry of Petroleum (Iran) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Ekbatan Complex, Tehran, Iran | ||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||
Qeshm Air (Persian: هواپیمایی قشم, Havâpeymâyi-ye Qešm) is an Iranian airline; it has its headquarters in Tehran, Iran and operates scheduled domestic and international passenger services as well as charter flights. The airline was founded in 1993 as Faraz Qeshm Airline.[2]
Qeshm Air is owned by the Ministry of Petroleum (Iran). It was previously founded and owned by Babak Zanjani, but Zanjani was later convicted of corruption and the airline became part of the Ministry of Petroleum. The Ministry of Petroleum now jointly controls Qeshm Air with private companies.
Qeshm Air is different from Fars Air Qeshm.
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.
Fleet
Current fleet
As of August 2025, Qeshm Air operates the following aircraft:[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 RJ100 | 4 | — | – | 110 | 110 | |
| Fokker 100 | 3 | — | – | 117 | 117 | |
| Total | 14 | |||||
Former fleet
Qeshm Airlines formerly operated these aircraft:
- Airbus A300B4
- Airbus A319-100[4]
- Airbus A321-100
- Fokker 50
- McDonnell Douglas MD-83
- Tupolev Tu-154M
- Yakovlev Yak-40
- Yakovlev Yak-42D
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 died.[5][6]
- On 6 March 2026, a Fokker 100 was destroyed as collateral damage in an airstrike on Mehrabad Airport, as part of the 2026 Iran war.[7]
References
- ^ "Qeshm Air Air Route Map". qeshm-air.com. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ Golestani, M. "Qeshm Air Official Website". qeshm-air.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Qeshm Airlines". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 62.
- ^ "Iran's Qeshm Air adds maiden A319". Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft Accident Yakovlev 40 EP-TQP Sari". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ^ Detailed Aircraft Information. The Soviet Transport Database – Scramble
- ^ "Incident multiple aircraft, Saturday 7 March 2026". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
External links
Media related to Qeshm Air at Wikimedia Commons