Karun Airlines

Karun Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
NV IRG NAFT
Founded 1992
Focus cities Ahwaz Airport, Mehrabad Airport
Fleet size 9
Headquarters Ahwaz, Iran & Tehran, Iran
Key people
  • Ahmad Asad (CEO)
  • Eng Peyman Keshavarz (DMD)
  • Captain Khansari (DMDO)
  • Eng Mahmoudreza Bahreman (AMO)
Website http://www.iatc-ir.com

Karun Airlines (Persian: هواپیمایی کارون‎), formerly Iranian Naft Airlines (Persian: هواپیمایی نفت ایران‎), is a charter airline based in Ahvaz, Iran. It operates cargo and passenger scheduled and charter services within Iran and to neighbouring regions. Its main bases are Tehran-Mehrabad and Ahwaz International Airport.[1]

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1992. In 2004 it officially became known as "Iranian Naft Airline". Owned and operated by the Retirement Organization of National Iranian Oil Company, it has more than 600 employees.[1]

In September 2017, it was announced that the airline was to be renamed as Karun Airlines.[2]

Destinations

City Country IATA ICAO Airport
Ahwaz IranAWZOIAWAhwaz International Airport Base
Abadan IranABDOIAAAyatollah Jami International Airport
Isfahan IranIFNOIFMIsfahan International Airport
Kish Island IranKIHOIBKKish Airport
Mashhad IranMHDOIMMMashhad International Airport
Aghajari IranAKWOIAGAghajari Airport
Shiraz IranSYZOISSShiraz International Airport
Tehran IranTHROIIIMehrabad International Airport Base
Yazd IranAZDOIYYShahid Sadooghi Airport
Mahshahr IranMRXOIAMMahshahr Airport
Tabriz IranTBZOITTTabriz International Airport
Kharg IranKHKOIBQKharg Airport
Ardabil IranADUOITLArdabil Airport
Assaluyeh IranPGUOIBPPersian Gulf Airport

Fleet

Current Fleet

The Karun Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of August 2017:[3]

Karun Airlines Fleet
Aircraft In
Service		 Orders Passengers Notes
Fokker 50 5 — 50
Fokker 100 4 — 100
Total 9 —

Former Fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 94.
  2. ↑ https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/59147-irans-naft-airlines-rebrands-as-karun-airlines
  3. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 17. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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