Iran’s parliament prepares plan to name Mehrabad Airport after Martyr General Soleimani
Tehran Times – Iran’s parliament has prepared a double urgency plan to change name of Mehrabad International Airport to Martyr General Soleimani.…
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Iran’s domestic flights cut by 75% over coronavirus: Report
Press TV – Iranian airlines have suspended flights or modified services amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the country as a…
Iranian airliner refutes speculation about emergency landing
IRNA – Iran Air Tour Company rejected speculations on social media about emergency landing of Tehran-Istanbul Flight No. 9716 for not opening…
Iranian scientist Soleimani arrives home after over one year behind bars in US
Press TV – Freed Iranian stem cell scientist Dr. Masoud Soleimani has arrived in Tehran after over one year of imprisonment in…
Iran’s rapidly disappearing airline passengers
Forbes | Dominic Dudley: Iran’s aviation industry has been hit by plenty of problems in recent years. U.S. sanctions have made it…
Slight increase in Iran airport traffic
Financial Tribune – Iran Airports Company registered 37,165 takeoffs and landings during the sixth month of the current Iranian year (August 23-Sept.…
Iran marks 31st anniv. of US downing of passenger plane
MNA – Iran is commemorating the 31st anniversary of the downing of an Iranian Airbus A300B2 passenger plane by a US Navy…
Iraqi FM confers with Zarif
IRNA – Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali Al-Hakim held talks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif late on Saturday. Al-Hakim is…
Iranian plane catches fire, all passengers unhurt: Official
Tasnim – CEO of Iran Air Farzaneh Sharafbafi said one of the airliners of the company caught fire on landing at Tehran’s…
Plane catches fire at Tehran airport; 50 passengers aboard: Fars
Reuters – A plane caught fire at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport with approximately 50 passengers still aboard, the Fars news agency said in…
Visit to Iraq a turning point in bilateral ties: Pres. Rouhani
MNA – President Hassan Rouhani described his three-day visit to Iraq as a turning point in the bilateral relations between the two…
Photos: 40th anniv. of Imam Khomeini’s return to Iran
Mizan | Fateme Hashemi: A ceremony was held in Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport to celebrate the anniversary of Imam Khomeini’s return in a…
Over 36m passengers use Iranian airports in 6 months
IRNA – Some 36.284 million passengers were transferred by airports belonging to Iran Airports Company over the past 9 months, according to…
Tehran’s Mehrabad 8th busiest airport in MENA
Financial Tribune – Mehrabad Airport’s passenger traffic in 2017 saw a 7% growth compared with the year before Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport…
US-registered aircraft seen in Tehran hired by Indian merchant: Iran’s CAO
Tasnim– An official with Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) said an aircraft, said to be US-registered, that recently landed at Tehran’s Mehrabad…
President at Mehrabad Airport: No military solution to Syria
president.ir- President Rouhani stressed the fight against terrorism in Syria and stated that the issue of Syria must be resolved through inclusive,…
Photos: Armed Forces motorcyclists mark Islamic Revolution anniv.
Tasnim | Vahid Ahmadi: Armed Forces motorcyclists, in celebration of the 39th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, marched the distance from…
Flights in Tehran’s airports to back to normal in few days: Minister
Tasnim) – Iran’s Minister of Road and Urban Development Abbas Akhondi announced that although flights have resumed in Tehran’s airports after heavy…
7th, 8th ATRs purchased by Iran Air land in Tehran
MNA – Two ATR airplanes purchased by Iran Air from the world’s leading turboprop manufacturer have just landed at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran,…
IRGC holds security drill in Mehrabad Int’l Airport
IRNA — Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps held a successful security and defensive maneuver in International Mehrabad Airport on Saturday morning. Public relations…
Photos: Iran’s third new Airbus touches down at Mehrabad Airport
IRNA| Mohammad Babayi: The third aircraft from a batch of 100 planes Iran has purchased from European aviation giant Airbus following the…
Iran’s third new Airbus touches down at Mehrabad Airport
Press TV – The third aircraft from a batch of 100 planes Iran has purchased from European aviation giant Airbus following the…
Iran takes delivery of 1st Airbus plane after JCPOA
Tasnim – The first commercial airliner purchased from Airbus following the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers landed at Tehran’s…
Mehrabad airport to increase capacity
Financial Tribune- Mehrabad International Airport in western Tehran handles 400 flights every day, the head of Mehrabad airport said. Ali Rostami added…
Iran probes jumbo jet engine break-off
Iranian experts are investigating to find out why a section of a Boeing 747’s engine broke off during flight on Thursday with…
Mahan plane makes safe emergency landing
Tehran, Oct 15, IRNA – An aircraft operated by the private Iranian airline Mahan Air has made a successful emergency landing at…
President Rouhani describes Baku visit as constructive
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan was positive and constructive. Speaking to reporters…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 28
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 25 of them. IFP has…
Iranian plane makes emergency landing at Mehrabad Airport
Tehran, Oct 27, IRNA – An Iranian plane with over 150 people on board has made a successful emergency landing at Tehran…
Iran to hold Aviation, Aerospace exhibition
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The 5th edition of National Exhibition of Iranian Aviation and Space Industries will be held in Tehran on October…
Air force top advisor praises Iran-140 pilot for containing human disaster in Sunday plane crash
TEHRAN (FNA)- A top Advisor of Iran’s Air Force Commander praised the high skills of the deceased pilot of the Iran-140 passenger…
Ukrainian experts in Iran to decode plane crash data
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A team of air accident experts from Ukraine have come to Iran to extract data from the black boxes…
Minister to appear in Majlis over air crash
Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA – Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi will attend Majlis next week to give explanation about…
Kuwaiti speaker condoles with his Iranian counterpart over air crash
Tehran, August 12, IRNA – Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim on Tuesday extended his condolences to his Iranian counterpart Ali Larijani…
US condoles with Iranians over fatal plane crash
The United States has extended condolences to the families of the victims of a recent Iranian passenger plane crash in the capital,…
Iran holds inquiry into deadly plane crash
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iran Civil Aviation Organization committee convened on Monday to probe into the crash of a Sepahan Airlines turboprop…
Iran in contact with Ukraine to examine crashed plane’s black boxes
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran said it is in contact with Ukraine, the main manufacturer of An-140 passenger planes, for examining data from…
Survivor tells of Iranian plane crash: ‘Everything happened within seconds’
The crash in the Islamic Republic comes as its airlines fly aging aircraft and have trouble getting replacement parts. TEHRAN, IRAN—A survivor…
President Gul condoles with Rouhani over plane crash
Ankara, Aug 11, IRNA – Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Monday extended his condolences to the Iranian government and nation on the…
Iran’s president, judiciary chief offer condolences over plane crash
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani, in separate messages, extended their condolences to the families of…