Iran airtour
| Iran airtour ایران ایر تور |
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| IATA code : | B9 |
| ICAO code : | IRB |
| Call sign : | AIRTOUR |
| Founding: | 1973 |
| Seat: |
Tehran , Iran
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| Home airport : | Mashhad International Airport |
| Management: | Reza Mousavi |
| Fleet size: | 8 (+ 1 order) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | iat.aero |
Iran Airtour (also Iran Air Tour , Persian ایران ایر تور) is an Iranian airline based in Tehran and based at Mashhad International Airport . It is a subsidiary of Iran Air .
history
Iran Airtour was founded in 1973 to cover the growing tourist market, primarily to operate charter flights . Tours around the world were even offered.
After much unrest caused by the revolution and the Iraq war , the Iran Airtour was restructured in the early 1990s. Some Tu-154M were leased in order to cope with the growing domestic traffic.
Due to the embargoes against Iran, Iran Airtour is also unable to order modern aircraft from European and American manufacturers such as Airbus or Boeing . To make matters worse, the Iranian supervisory authorities ordered the shutdown of all Tupolev Tu-154Ms operated in Iran due to safety concerns in February 2011, of which Iran Air Tours had operated ten units up to then. The company subsequently procured older western designs.
Destinations
Iran Airtour flies to the most important cities within Iran in regular service, many flights are operated in cooperation with Iran Air . In addition, destinations as far as southern Europe are sometimes served in charter traffic .
fleet
As of July 2020, the Iran Airtour fleet consists of 12 aircraft with an average age of 28.1 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks |
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| Airbus A300-600 | 4th | former Lufthansa and Emirates aircraft ; were taken over by Mahan Air | |
| Airbus A310-300 | 2 | former machines of the TAROM ; inactive | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 1 | 2 | all three from holdings of the former Atrak Air |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 1 | ||
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 1 | ||
| SAIC MD-82 | 3 | in China assembled license production of the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | |
| Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100-95R | 20th | "Russified" version with 50–60% components from Russian production instead of 70% from Western suppliers | |
| total | 12 | 22nd |
On June 22, 2017, Iran Airtour signed a letter of intent with Airbus to purchase 45 Airbus A320 Neo. Due to the renewal of the Iran sanctions in August 2018, this business is no longer valid, as are the aircraft orders from other Iranian airlines with Airbus.
Incidents
Iran Airtour records three fatal incidents:
- On February 8, 1993, a Tupolev Tu-154M crashed on a charter flight of the Iran Airtour (EP-ITD) shortly after taking off from Tehran airport with a Sukhoi Su-24 of the Iranian Air Force that was just approaching. All twelve crew members and all 119 passengers were killed, as well as the two pilots of the fighter plane (see also plane collision near Tehran 1993 ) .
- On February 12, 2002, a Tupolev Tu-154M hit the Sefid Kouh Mountains while approaching Khorramabad . At that time, visibility was poor and there was heavy rain and snow. All twelve crew members and 107 passengers were killed in the accident (see also Iran Airtour Flight 956 ) .
- On September 1, 2006, a Tupolev Tu-154M went up in flames while landing at 1:45 p.m. in Mashhad . 29 people died.
See also
Web links
- Iran Airtour website (English, Persian)
- Data on the airline Iran Air Tours in Aviation Safety Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ arabianaerospace.aero - Iran to introduce its own regional aircraft as Tu-154 ban begins (English) February 16, 2011
- ↑ Iran Airtour Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved July 20, 2020 .
- ↑ MD-80 in Chinese - the "SAIC MD-80" md-80.com, accessed April 10, 2019.
- ↑ Iran buys 40 Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100R aerobuzz.de, accessed on July 17, 2020.
- ↑ Orders from Iran Air Tour and Zagros Airlines: Airbus scores again in Iran | aeroTELEGRAPH . In: aeroTELEGRAPH . June 22, 2017 ( aerotelegraph.com [accessed June 22, 2017]).
- ^ Accident report TU-154M EP-ITD , Aviation Safety Network
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report of the accident of February 12, 2002 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report of the accident of September 1, 2006 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- ↑ BBC News - Scores killed in Iran plane blaze, September 1, 2006 (English)
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