Fars Air Qeshm

Fars Qeshm Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
- QFZ FARS AIR
Founded 2003
Commenced operations 2017
Operating bases Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport
Fleet size 1
Destinations 16
Headquarters Tehran, Iran
Key people Gh. Ghasemi, Chairman
Website farsairlines.com

Fars Air Qeshm is an Iranian cargo airline based in Qeshm.

History

Fars Air Qeshm was established in 2003 with the aim of creating efficient passenger and cargo services serving Qeshm Island. The airline was created with the aid of private sector investment. It temporarily ceased operations in 2013 due to bad management and financial problems. Operations were restarted with new management team in March 2017 based in Tehran with two Boeing 747-281F Combi (Passenger / cargo) aircraft.

Multiple intelligence sources has accused Iranian government of using Fars Air Qeshm aircraft and its cargo route to Beirut in order to transport weapons for Hezbollah and cover up as civilian jets.[1]

In September 2018, Israeli sources published some pictures claiming that a Boeing 747 belonging to Fars Air Qeshm was hit during an Israeli air force operation in Damascus airport.[2]

Destinations

A Fars Air Qeshm McDonnell Douglas MD-83 at Tehran Mehrabad International Airport, Iran. (2010)
A Fars Air Qeshm Yakovlev Yak-42 landing at Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates. (2012)

As of March 2017, it operates cargo flights between:

CityAirport Name
TehranImam Khomeini Intl. Airport
DubaiAl-Maktum Intl. Airport
IstanbulSabiha Gökçen Intl. Airport
BishkekManas Intl. Airport
KualaKualaLumpur Intl. Airport
AlmatyAlmaty Intl. Airport
DohaHamad Intl. Airport
BeirutRafic Hariri Intl. Airport
DamascusDamascus Intl. Airport
KarachiJinnah Intl. Airport
TbilisiShota Rustaveli Intl. Airport
MongoliaChinggiz Khaan Intl. Airport
ErbilErbil Intl. Airport
YerevanZvatnots Intl. Airport

Fleet

A Fars Air Qeshm Yakovlev Yak-42 landing at Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates. (2006)

The Fars Air Qeshm fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of September 2018):[3]

Fars Air Qeshm Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Notes
Boeing 747-281F 1
Total 1

Former fleet

The airline also operated the following aircraft:

Fars Air Qeshm Historic Fleet
Aircraft Notes
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Operated by Bukovyna Airlines
Yakovlev Yak-42

References

  1. ↑ "Iran's secret weapons-smuggling air routes to Lebanon revealed by intel sources". Fox News Channel. 2018.
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/AmichaiStein1/status/1042465301366034432
  3. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 17. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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