Qeshm Airlines
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| Founded | 1993 | |||
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| Commenced operations | 1996 | |||
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| Secondary hubs | Kish Island International Airport[citation needed] | |||
| Focus cities | Kish Island, Tehran, Shiraz, Dubai | |||
| Fleet size | 21 | |||
| Destinations | 18 | |||
| Parent company | Sorinet Group | |||
| Headquarters | Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf, Iran | |||
| Key people | Babak Zanjani (Ownership & President ) | |||
| Website | www.qeshm-air.com | |||
Qeshm Air (Persian: هواپیمایی قشم) is an Iranian passenger airline which is based on Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf. The airline was founded in 1993 as Faraze Qeshm Airline.[1]
Services
Qeshm Air operates scheduled passenger services from Qeshm Island and Tehran to cities in Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
Fleet
Qeshm Air Airbus A300B4-203
In 2013 Qeshm Air unveiled its new Airbus A320 and Avro RJ100 aircraft.
As of July 2013, the Qeshm Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[2]
| Type | Total | On order | Seating | Notes | ||
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| J | Y | Total | ||||
| Fokker 50 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 52 | To be phased out by end of 2014 | |
| Fokker 100 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 117 | ||
| Airbus A320-200 | 3 | 5 | TBA | TBA | 156 | |
| Avro RJ100 | 4 | TBA | TBA | 110 | ||
| Airbus A300-600 | 5 | 24 | 227 | 251 | ||
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 1 | TBA | TBA | 162 | Based at Kish International Airport | |
| Total | 21 |
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Destinations
Qeshm Airlines destinations as of August 2013:[3]
| [Hub] | Hub |
| * | Future route |
| [S] | Seasonal destinations |
| [T] | Terminated destinations |
Incidents and accidents
- On May 17, 2001, a Faraz Qeshm Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 departed from Tehran on a flight to Gorgan Airport carrying 30 people; including the Iranian Transport Minister Rahman Dadman, two deputy ministers and seven more members of parliament. It was forced to divert due to bad weather conditions and was later discovered crashed in the Alborz mountains, near Sari, Iran. All on board perished.[8][9]
References
- ↑ Qeshm Airlines history
- ↑ Aircraft and Fleet Lists - ch-aviation.ch
- ↑ Qeshm Airlines flight status. 4764.ir
- ↑ http://4764.ir/fa/?cat=flight&group=status&pi=8
- ↑ http://4764.ir/fa/?cat=flight&group=status&pi=7
- ↑ http://4764.ir/fa/?cat=flight&group=status&pi=2
- ↑ http://4764.ir/fa/?cat=flight&group=status&pi=2
- ↑ "ASN Aircraft Accident Yakovlev 40 EP-TQP Sari". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
- ↑ Detailed Aircraft Information. The Soviet Transport Database - Scramble
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