Meraj Airlines

Meraj Airlines
هواپیمایی معراج
IATA
JI		 ICAO
MRJ		 Callsign
MERAJ
Founded 2010
Hubs
Focus cities
Airport lounge Meraj VIP & CIP Lounge
Fleet size 12
Destinations 19 not incl. VIP Destinations
Company slogan "Enjoy a safe Flight"
Headquarters Jenah Expwy, Azadi Square, Tehran, Iran
Key people
  • CAPT. Touraj Dehghai Zanganeh
    (President & CEO)
  • Ali Abedzadeh
    (Executive Vice-Chairman)
Website www.merajairlines.ir/en

Meraj Airlines (Persian: هواپیمایی معراج Havāpeymāiye Meraj‎) is a Private and the first VIP airline in Iran and it is the youngest airline in Iran based on the fleet age. It also operates the Air transports for the Heads of State and Government of Iran. The airline is based in Tehran-Mehrabad and Tehran-IKA. The company has established another 2 hubs as well, respectively in Mashhad and Kish Island for better coverage of its flight network.[1]

Logo

The Meraj airlines logo a circle with 2 symbolic wings represents function, position, ambition and finally the identity of the organization. Red and Blue are specific colors of this aviation organization, blue is the color of the mind and is essentially soothing moreover is the color of communication, trust and serenity. Red, a powerful color is a symbol of life, strength, stimulation, energy and flight.

Destination[2]

Meraj Airlines scheduled commercial destination as March.2015.

Meraj Airlines Airbus A320 at Shiraz International Airport
HHub
*Future route
CCharter
TTerminated route
City Country/Region IATA ICAO Airport Refs
Ankara TurkeyESBLTACEsenboğa International Airport*[begins Summer 2015]
Antalya TurkeyAYTLYAIAntalya Airport*[begins Summer 2015]
Baghdad IraqBGWORBIBaghdad International Airport [2]
Bandar Abbas IranBNDOIKBBandar Abbas International Airport [3]
Dezful IranDEFOIADDezful Airport [2]
Dubai UAEDXBOMDBDubai International Airport [2]
Isfahan IranIFNOIFMIsfahan International Airport[2]
Isparta TurkeyISELTFCIsparta Süleyman Demirel Airport[4]
Istanbul-Atatürk TurkeyISTLTBAAtatürk International Airport[4]
Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen TurkeySAWLTFJIstanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport[4]
Izmir TurkeyABDLTBJAdnan Menderes Airport[4]
Kermanshah IranKSHOICCShahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport[2]
Kish Island IranKIHOIBKKish International Airport [Secondary][2]
Kuala Lumpur MalaysiaKULWMKKKuala Lumpur International Airport[2]
Kuwait KuwaitKWIOKBKKuwait International Airport[5][2]
Mashhad IranMHDOIMMMashhad International Airport [Secondary] [6]
Najaf IraqNJFORNIAl Najaf International Airport[C][2]
Shiraz IranSYZOISSShiraz International Airport [2]
Tabriz IranTBZOITTTabriz International Airport [2]
Tehran IranIKAOIIEImam Khomeini International Airport (IKA)[Int'l Hub] [2]
Tehran IranTHROIIIMehrabad Airport [Primary Hub][2]

Fleet

[7] Meraj Airlines has the youngest fleet in Iran. Meraj Airlines' fleet as of March.2015 with respect to U.S. sanctions against Iranian Airlines and Aviation not allowing them to order or purchase any airplanes, and only being allowed to purchase airplanes which is older than 10 years. However, Meraj continues its fleet expansion by purchasing further Airbus A320s family. Although, Meraj has announced to order more than 50 Medium and Long-haul Aircrafts from Airbus and Boeing as soon as sanctions are lifted. [8][9][10]

Iran's Government (Meraj Airlines) Airbus A321 VIP's livery
Meraj Airlines Fleet
Aircraft Type Active Stored Orders Passengers Notes
J E Y Total
Airbus A300-600R 2 0 — 22 0 239 261 To be replaced by Airbus A330/A340 by 2017
Airbus A320-200 4 0 — 12
0		 6
12		 128
156		 146
168		 One is VIP Aircraft
Airbus A321-231 1 0 — N.A N.A N.A N.A VIP Aircraft
Boeing 707 2 0 — N.A N.A N.A N.A VIP Aircraft
Boeing 737-286Adv 1 0 — N.A N.A N. N.A VIP Aircraft
Falcon 50 2 0 — N.A N.A N.A N.A VIP Aircraft
Total[11] 12 0

Incidents and Accidentst

Meraj Airlines is the only Middle Eastern Airlines that has not yet have any Incidents or Accidents, becoming one of the safest Airlines in Asia.

See Also

References

  1. ↑ "Meraj Airlines". Merajairlines.ir. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 "درباره معراج". Merajairlines.ir. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  3. ↑ "فرودگاه بین‌المللی بندرعباس". Bandarabbas.airport.ir. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "IKIA" (PDF). Repository.airport.ir. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  5. ↑ "KIA" (PDF). Repository.airport.ir. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  6. ↑ "فرودگاه بین‌المللی مشهد". Mashhad.airport.ir. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  7. ↑ "ناوگان هواپیمایی معراج - Meraj Air Fleet list". Fleet.myaviation.ir. 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  8. ↑ "ناوگان هواپیمایی معراج - Meraj Air Fleet list". Fleet.myaviation.ir. 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  9. ↑ "Meraj fleet". Merajairlines.ir. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  10. ↑ Hafezi, Parisa (2014-05-01). "Iran to buy 400 airliners if sanctions lifted, top official says". Reuters.com. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  11. ↑ "ناوگان هواپیمایی معراج - Meraj Air Fleet list". Fleet.myaviation.ir. 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-03-30.

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