Iran Aseman Airlines

Iran Aseman Airlines هواپیمایی آسمان
IATA code :	EP
ICAO code :	IRC
Call sign :	ASEMAN
Founding:	1980
Seat:	Tehran , Iran
Turnstile :	Tehran Imam Khomeini Tehran-Mehrabad
Home airport :	Tehran-Mehrabad
IATA prefix code :	815
Management:	Ali Abedzadeh
Fleet size:	19 (+ 22 orders)
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.iaa.ir

Iran Aseman Airlines ( Persian هواپیمایی آسمان, DMG Hawāpīmāyī Āsemān ) is an Iranian airline based in Tehran and based at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport .

history

After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran Aseman Airlines was established through the state-initiated merger of smaller companies. The First Gulf War initially prevented further development of the company, which was only used domestically for charter purposes . From 1993 onwards, new aircraft such as the Fokker F28 , ATR 42 and 72 and four used Boeing 727-200s from Air France were acquired . In 2002 the company received its last ATR 72-500.

Due to security concerns on the part of the EU Commission , the airline has been banned from operating in the airspace of the European Union since December 8, 2016 .

As of the end of February 2018, Iran Aseman Airlines is the third largest airline in Iran after Iran Air and Mahan Air .

On January 13, 2019, Iran Aseman Airlines conducted the world's last commercial passenger flight with a Boeing 727; Flight EP851 led from Zahedan to Tehran .

Destinations

Iran Aseman Airlines serves numerous destinations within Iran. It also flies to several cities in the Middle East .

fleet

Current fleet

As of August 2020, the Iran Aseman Airlines fleet consists of 19 aircraft with an average age of 26.8 years:

Fokker 100 of Iran Aseman Airlines

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats
Airbus A320-200	4th		two inactive	150
Airbus A340-300	1		former Virgin Atlantic machine ; second ever built and first ever delivered Airbus A340 (built in 1992)	240
ATR 72-200	2		Year of construction 1993; each received brand new	66
ATR 72-500	2		Years of construction 2000 and 2002; each received brand new
Boeing 737-400	3	2	former Malaysia Airlines aircraft ; one inactive	144
Fokker 100	7th		one inactive	100 109
Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100-95R		20th	"Russified" version with 50-60% components from Russian production instead of 70% from western suppliers	98
total	19th	22nd

Former aircraft types

Previously, Iran Aseman Airlines also operated the following types of aircraft:

Boeing 727 of Iran Aseman Airlines

• ATR-42
• Boeing 727-200 Adv.
• Boeing 737-800
• Fairchild Hiller FH-227
• Fokker F27
• Fokker F28
• Lockheed TriStar
• Tupolev Tu-154

Incidents

The ATR72-200 (aircraft registration EP-ATS ) that crashed on February 18, 2018

From 1990 to January 2019 Iran Aseman Airlines suffered seven total write-offs of aircraft. 201 people were killed in 4 of them. Extracts:

• On October 12, 1994 a Fokker F28-1000 of Iran Aseman Airlines ( aircraft registration EP-PAV ) had an accident en route from Isfahan to Tehran-Mehrabad with 59 passengers and seven crew members on board. Both engines failed 35 minutes after taking off from Isfahan and the plane crashed near Natanz . All 66 people died in the accident (see also Iran-Aseman-Airlines flight 746 ) .

• On July 18, 2000, a Fokker F28-4000 of Iran Aseman Airlines (EP-PAU) was so badly damaged when landing in Ahwaz that the aircraft had to be written off. After touching down for the first time, the machine jumped up in thick fog, touched down again next to the runway and was still launched and landed again. All 88 inmates survived.

• On August 24, 2008, a Boeing 737-200 (EX-009) with 90 people on board crashed shortly after taking off from Manas Airport near Bishkek . 65 people were killed. The flight was operated by Itek Air .

• On February 18, 2018, an ATR 72-200 (EP-ATS) collided with a mountain on the flight from Tehran-Mehrabad to Yasudj in southwestern Iran about an hour and 27 minutes after take-off. The pilots had continued the descent below the approved altitude of 17,000 feet and the minimum safe altitude of 15,500 feet until they entered a mountain at an altitude of 13,120 feet. All 66 occupants (60 passengers and 6 crew members) were killed (see also Iran-Aseman-Airlines-Flight 3704 ) .

See also

• List of airlines
• List of airlines banned from operating in the European Union

Web links

Commons : Iran Aseman  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Iran Aseman Airlines website (Persian)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Aviation Safety: Commission removes all Kazakh airlines from EU Air Safety List. Europa.eu, December 8, 2016, accessed December 18, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Iran: Passenger plane with 66 passengers crashed. In: Spiegel Online . February 18, 2018, accessed June 9, 2018 . 
3. ↑ https://www.aero.de/news-30741/Letzt-Passagierfluege-mit-der-Boeing-727.html
4. ^ Iran Aseman Airlines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved August 13, 2020 . 
5. ↑ iaa.ir - Fleet (Persian), accessed June 12, 2016
6. ↑ https://www.planespotters.net/production-list/Airbus/A340
7. ↑ Iran buys 40 Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100R aerobuzz.de, accessed on July 17, 2020.
8. ↑ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher and others: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1980 to 2007.
9. ↑ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher and others: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008 to 2013.
10. ↑ Accident Statistics Iran Aseman Airlines , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 13, 2019.
11. ^ Accident report F28-1000 EP-PAV , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 13, 2019.
12. ↑ Accident report F28-4000 EP-PAU , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 13, 2019.
13. ^ Accident report B-737-200 EX-009 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 13, 2019.
14. ^ Accident report ATR 72 EP-ATS , The Aviation Herald (English), accessed on August 26, 2018.
15. ^ Accident report ATR 72 EP-ATS , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 12, 2018.
16. ↑ ORF (accessed on February 18, 2018)
17. ↑ Flight International, March 20, 2018 (English), p. 11.