Aviation Iran- Iran Air and Lufthansa have signed an agreement to let the Iranian national carrier to codeshare on the latter�s flights to and from Iran.

Currently, Lufthansa operates one daily flight from Frankfurt and three weekly flights from Munich to Tehran. The routes are operated by B747-400 and A330-300 respectively.

Iran Air flight number IR1600 and IR1601 will be placed on Lufthansa�s flight LH600 and LH601 on the Frankfurt � Tehran � Frankfurt route. Iran Air flight number IR1602 and IR1603 will be placed on Lufthansa�s flight LH602 and LH603 on the Munich � Tehran � Munich route.

The codeshare agreement will be effective on 18 January 2017 and the very first Lufthansa-operated flight with Iran Air codeshare will depart Frankfurt on 1 February 2017.

Since years, Iran Air and Austrian Airlines have a codeshare agreement on flights to Europe. Austrian Airlines is a member in the Lufthansa Group.

A codeshare flight is a flight where two or more airlines share the same flight and are entitled so market it as their own. In this case, Iran Air is entitled to market the Lufthansa-operated flights to and from Iran as Iran Air flights.