Karun Airlines

Karun Airlines هواپیمایی کارون
IATA code :	-
ICAO code :	KRU
Call sign :	KARUN
Founding:	1992 (as Iranian Air Transport)
Seat:	Tehran , Iran
Home airport :	Ahvaz airport
Fleet size:	9
Aims:	national
Website:	[1]

Karun Airlines ( Persian هواپیمایی کارون), until September 2017 Naft Airlines ( Persian هواپیمائی نفت) is an Iranian airline based in Tehran and based at Ahvaz Airport .

history

Naft Airlines was founded in 1992 as Iranian Air Transport and has been called Naft Airlines since 2009. Naft means oil and the airline is owned by former employees of the Iranian national oil company.

In summer 2016 it became known that the company intends to buy ten new medium-haul aircraft from Airbus . Compared to the aircraft of the type Fokker 50 and Fokker 100 that have been used up to now , the capacity should be increased significantly.

In September 2017 it was decided to rename the airline to Karun Airlines .

Destinations

Karun Airlines flies to numerous destinations in Iran from Ahvaz .

fleet

As of March 2020, the Karun Airlines fleet consists of nine aircraft with an average age of 27.1 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks
Fokker 50	5
Fokker 100	4th
total	9	-

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Naft Airlines  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Naft Airlines website (Persian, English)
• Photos of Naft Airlines on airliners.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Iranian oil airline wants to buy from Airbus , accessed on July 18, 2016
2. ↑ https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/59147-irans-naft-airlines-rebrands-as-karun-airlines
3. ↑ ch-aviation - Iran's Naft Air adds Aria's fleet of Fokker 50s to its own, November 15, 2014 (English), accessed on July 26, 2015
4. ^ Karun Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 21, 2020 .