Qeshm Air
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| Founded | 1993 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1996 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 18[1] | ||||||
| Destinations | 45[2] | ||||||
| Parent company | Ministry of Petroleum (Iran) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Ekbatan Complex, Tehran, Iran | ||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||
Qeshm Air (Persian: هواپیمایی قشم, Hevapeimayi-ye Qeshm) 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.[3]
Qeshm Air is different from Fars Air Qeshm.[4]
History
[edit]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
[edit]Current fleet
[edit]As of May 2023, Qeshm Air's fleet consists of the following aircraft:[5][6]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A300-600R | 5 | — | 24 | 283 | 307 | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 3 | — | 12 | 144 | 156 | |
| Avro RJ100 | 6 | — | – | 110 | 110 | |
| Fokker 100 | 4 | — | – | 117 | 117 | |
| Total | 18 | |||||
Former fleet
[edit]Qeshm Airlines formerly operated these aircraft:[7]
- Airbus A300B4
- Airbus A319-100[8]
- Airbus A321-100
- Fokker 50
- McDonnell Douglas MD-83
- Tupolev Tu-154M
- Yakovlev Yak-40
- Yakovlev Yak-42D
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- 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.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "شرکت هواپیمایی قشم".
- ^ "Qeshm Air Air Route Map". qeshm-air.com. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ Golestani, M. "Qeshm Air Official Website". www.qeshm-air.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "هواپیمایی قشم", ویکیپدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد (in Persian), 4 June 2021, retrieved 21 June 2021
- ^ "Qeshm Airlines Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Qeshm Air Official Website".
- ^ "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 9 October 2012.
- ^ Detailed Aircraft Information. The Soviet Transport Database - Scramble
External links
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Media related to Qeshm Air at Wikimedia Commons
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