Iran Airtour
Iran Airtour (Persian: ایران ایر تور) is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It is a subsidiary of Iran Air and operates scheduled domestic services and international services in the Middle East, as well as charter services including Europe. Its main base is Mashhad International Airport.[1]
History
The airline was established in 1973 by Iran Air and started scheduled operations in 1990 with services for its domestic tours division.[1]
Destinations
Iran Airtour operates scheduled services to the following destinations:[2]
- Iran
- Iraq
- Kyrghyzstan
- United Arab Emirates
Fleet
The Iran Airtour fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2011[update])[4]:
Incidents and accidents
- On April 26, 1992, a Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M belonging to Iran Air Tours and bound for Tehran crashed near Saveh, killing the 39 occupants.[6]
- On February 8, 1993, a Tupolev Tu-154 was departing on a non-scheduled flight from Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, to Khoram Dareh when it was involved in a midair collision with an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 that was on approach to the same airport. All twelve crew members and 119 passengers were killed.[7]
- February 12, 2002 a Tupolev Tu-154 crashed into the Sefid Kouh mountains during heavy rain, snow and dense fog at the time of the crash, while descending for Khorramabad. All twelve crew members and 107 passengers were killed.[8]
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