Aban Air

Aban Air
IATA code :	K5
ICAO code :	ABE
Call sign :	ABAN
Founding:	2005
Seat:	Tehran , Iran
Home airport :	Tehran Mehrabad Airport
Fleet size:	no
Aims:	international
Website:	www.abanaircargo.com

Aban Air is an Iranian cargo airline based in Tehran and based at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport .

history

Aban Air began regular flight operations in May 2005 with charter flights from an Antonov An-12 to Dubai . The machine was replaced shortly afterwards by an Ilyushin Il-76 . Aban Air only received its official flight permit in March 2006. On November 4, 2009, the connection to Frankfurt was started.

From 2013 onwards, the United States had sanctions against Aban Air, and US citizens were prohibited from doing business with Aban Air. The sanctions were lifted again as part of the 2016 nuclear agreement.

Destinations

In addition to regular cargo flights, Aban Air also offers the transport of special cargo such as dangerous and fragile goods, bulky cargo, perishable food or live animals from Tehran .

fleet

As of June 2016, Aban Air does not own any aircraft. Instead, planes are leased from other airlines as needed. Previous cargo planes included:

• Airbus A300B4-200F
• Antonov An-12
• Boeing 747-200F
• Ilyushin Il-76

Trivia

• Aban Air transported the largest hand-knotted carpet in the world from Tehran to Abu Dhabi . According to the state-run Iranian Carpet Company, it is the largest hand-made flooring in the world with an area of ​​almost 6,000 square meters. The carpet, worth the equivalent of 8.5 million US dollars (approx. 7 million euros ), was made for the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

• Photos of Aban Air on airliners.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ iranwatch.org: Aban Air , accessed October 4, 2018
2. ↑ abanaircargo.com - Introduction ( Memento from August 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English), accessed on June 9, 2016
3. ↑ http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/airlines-iran/abanair.htm (link not available)
4. ↑ Aban Air ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , shippingexchange.com 
5. ^ Iran carpet industry seeks revival with lifting of sanctions . November 25, 2015.