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| Founded | 1980 | |||
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| Hubs | Mehrabad International Airport Imam Khomeini International Airport |
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| Secondary hubs | Shiraz International Airport Mashhad International Airport |
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| Focus cities | Tabriz Ahwaz Rasht |
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| Fleet size | 31 | |||
| Destinations | 54 | |||
| Company slogan | We Guarantee Your Safety in The Sky | |||
| Parent company | Iranian Civil Pension Fund Investment Company | |||
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran | |||
| Key people | Ali Abedzadeh (Chairman) Saeidreza Nasrfard (South CEO) |
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| Website | www.iaa.ir, www.asemanbooking.com, www.asemanfars.ir | |||
Iran Aseman Airlines (Persian: هواپیمایی آسمان) is an airline based in Tehran, Iran, operating scheduled domestic and regional flights within the Persian Gulf area, as well as charter and air taxi services. Its main bases are Mehrabad International Airport and Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, Shiraz International Airport and Mashhad International Airport as well as Dubai International Airport.[1]
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The airline was established and started operations in 1980. At March 2007, it was owned by Iranian Civil Pension Fund Investment Company and had,298 employees, but has since been privatized.[1]
According to an aviation website the airlines historic links go back to 1958 to the airline Air Taxi Co. which became Pars Air in 1970s and later Iran Aseman Airlines.[2] Aseman has the honor to be the first aviation company in the Middle East to provide Air Ambulance services.[1]
As of July 2011, Iran Aseman Airlines serves the following scheduled destinations:[3]
As of November 2010, the Iran Aseman Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[4][5]
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers |
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| ATR 72 | 6 | 70 |
| Boeing 727-200 | 6 | 175 |
| Fokker 100 | 20 | 109 |
The airline is one of only a few worldwide to still operate the Boeing 727 in scheduled passenger service, which is partly due to the US trade restrictions on Iran preventing the airline from acquiring newer Boeing aircraft.
The Aseman Aviation Medical Center conducts periodic examination of crew and ground personnel which is one of the most important index of aviation safety. This center also provides unique medical facility as an air ambulance on 24-hour service for air medical transport of patient.
The center has on-call physician and nurse and is equipped with a Falcon air ambulance aircraft to facilitate transfer of patients and injured to predetermined destination with the speed of 800 km/ph. The air ambulance is equipped with the most advanced medical facilities and provisions for emergency minor surgeries. Iran Aseman Airlines is the sole represntative of DASSAULT- BREGUET MYSTERE-FALCON company in the Middle East and is the unique company in the Islamic Republic of Iran and region which independently with two jet Falcon-20 aircraft operates air ambulance services as well. IAAA with high performance pressurized aircraft that are fully equipped as an airborn intensive care unit.[2]
The IAA Maintenance, Engineering and Supply Department, by utilizing, its experienced and highly trained engineers, has the dynamic responsibility for the maintenance of IAAs and its numerous customers' different types of aircraft. This department, possessed with formal permissions from the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran on one hand, and EASA part 145 Approval Certificate on the other, paves the way for base and line repairs to meet the internal and external regional requirements of the world aviation industry.
Technical specialists in QA/QC department endeavor that all maintenance and engineering activities be in accordance with flight standards. This may be fulfilled through direct and indirect inspections by quality control and assurance experts. Quality control team is responsible to perform direct inspection on aircraft and pertinent systems during maintenance and engineering process. The direct inspection process is as follows:
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