List of defunct airlines of Iran
This is a list of defunct airlines of Iran.[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aban Air[3] | K5 | ABE | 2006 | 2007 | |||
| Air Taxi company[4] | 1958? | 1980 | Merged to create Iran Aseman Airlines | ||||
| Air Service[4] | 1980 | ||||||
| Aram Air[5] | ![]() |
IRW | 2000 | 2002 | |||
| Aria Air Tour | IRX | 1999 | 2001 | ||||
| Aria Air | ![]() |
IRX | ARIA | 2001 | 2014 | ||
| Arvand Airlines[3] | |||||||
| Atlas Air[5] | 2000 | 2001 | |||||
| Atrak Air | ![]() |
AK | ATR | ATRAK | 2013 | 2018 | |
| Bon Air[6] | 1997 | 1998 | |||||
| Bonyad Airlines[7] | |||||||
| Eagle Air | 1948 | 1949 | merged into Iranian Airways[8] | ||||
| Esquith Air | 1997[9] | ||||||
| Eram Air | ![]() |
YE | IRY | ERAM AIR | 2005 | 2013 | |
| Fly Qeshm | 2016 | Joint airline between Iranian and chinese investors, did not launch,[10] operated CRJ 900[11] | |||||
| Fars Air Qeshm | ![]() |
QE | QFZ | FARS AIR | 2006 | 2013 | |
| Fars Air Qeshm | ![]() |
QE | QFZ | FARS AIR | 2017 | 2021 | |
| Helicopter Company of Iran | 1980 | [12] | |||||
| HESA Airlines | ![]() |
H8 | SPN | 2011 | 2014 | Rebranded as Sepahan Airlines | |
| Iran Asseman Airlines | ![]() |
Y7;EP | IRC | 1980 | 2001 | Renamed/merged to Iran Aseman Airlines | |
| Iran National Airlines | ![]() |
IR | 1962 | 1973 | Renamed/merged to Iran Air | ||
| Iranian Air Transport | IRG | IATC | 1992 | 2009 | Rebranded as Naft Airlines | ||
| Iranian Airlines | 2010 | 2010 | Formed by Saha Airlines. Project cancelled July 2010. | ||||
| Iranian Airways | ![]() |
1944 | 1961 | Renamed/merged to United Iranian Airlines | |||
| Iranian State Airlines | 1938 | 1946 | State owned, replaced by Iranian Airways which later became Iran Air | ||||
| Jam Air | 2018 | 2018 | Never Launched[13] | ||||
| Junkers Airline Company in Iran | 1927 | 1932 | First Commercial Iranian Airline, owned by Junkers[14] | ||||
| Mohann Air | 2001 | ||||||
| Naft Airlines | ![]() |
NV | IRG | 2009 | 2017 | Renamed/merged to Karun Airlines | |
| Pariz Air[7] | IRE | 1997 | 2001 | ||||
| Pardis Air | 2020 | 2024? | AOC suspended[15] | ||||
| Pars Air[4] | ![]() |
PRA | 2006 | 2008 | |||
| Persian Air Services | PAS | 1954 | 1962 | Merged with Iran Air | |||
| Photros Air | KHP | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
| Saffatt Airlines | IRV | 1998 | 2017 | [16] | |||
| Safiran Airlines | ![]() |
SFN | SAFIRAN | 1988 | 2007 | ||
| Tehran Airways | THR | TAW | 2001 | 2002 | |||
| United Iranian Airlines | 1961 | 1962 | Renamed/merged to Iran National Airlines | ||||
| Yas Air | ![]() |
MHD | 2008 | 2014 | |||
See also
References
- ^ "The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ^ "Since 1997, ATDB is the only service providing an accurate global and permanently updated details of all worldwide transport aircraft, airlines, private and government operators - and leasing companies". aerotransport.org. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
- ^ a b "مجوز سه شركت هواپيمايي ديگر لغو شد" (in Persian). Iran Civil Aviation Organization. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ a b c "Aseman History". Iran Aseman Airlines Fars Branch. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ a b "مجوز 8 شرکت هواپیمایی داخلی لغو شد/ مهلت چند ماهه به 7 ایرلاین". Fars News (in Persian). 1 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ "Bon Air history from Iran, rest of world".
- ^ a b "شركت هاي هواپيمايي فعال و غير فعال" (in Persian). Iran Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ "Eagle Airlines (Iran)".
- ^ "Esquith Air".
- ^ "Fly Qeshm history".
- ^ "Iran's Fly Qeshm set for 10 CRJ 900s".
- ^ "Helicopter Company of Iran".
- ^ "(Jam Airlines) history from Iran, rest of world".
- ^ Lester, Stephanie (2022-12-05). "Industry Spotlight: Airlines". American Iranian Council. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
- ^ "Iran's CAA warns Pardis Air lacks licence, bars Kish flights". ch-aviation. Archived from the original on 2025-11-07. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
- ^ "Saffatt Airlines". cargoforwarder.eu. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
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