Referring to the Ukrainian president’s admission that no Iranian missiles have been delivered to Russia, Foreign Minister of Iran Abbas Araqchi called on the EU to lift a ban on Iranian airlines that has been imposed on the basis of unfounded claims.

Tehran Times - Although Iranian airlines have resumed their flights to some European countries following months of suspension over the coronavirus outbreak, there is still no possibility of unnecessary tourist trips to these countries and Schengen visas are not currently issued to Iranian citizens. France, Britain, the Netherlands, and Austria are ...

IRNA A special flight by Iranian Qeshm Air airlines is due to take home Iranian citizens from Bulgaria over concerns about the global spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The flight will reportedly leave Sofia for Tehran on June 18. Several months after the outbreak of the disease, many governments continue to block travels into and ...

Press TV - Iranian airlines have canceled nearly 90 percent of their flights planned for a holiday season after the novel coronavirus pandemic caused many travelers to stay at home. An aviation official said on Saturday that three Iranian airlines had completely grounded their planes during the peak travel season of Norouz which marks the beginning ...

The Wall Street Journal - The U.S. on Tuesday warned companies against dealing with Iranian airlines, alleging that many of them support Iran in regional violence by transporting fighters and weapons to international locations. Entities that provide services for designated Iranian airlines, including financing, reservations and ticketing as well ...

Financial Tribune - The number of flights operated by Iranian airlines in the last fiscal year (March 2018-19) fell by 14% compared with the year before to stand at 218,900, the secretary of the Association of Iranian Airlines said. The total number of air passengers reached 25.8 million last year, registering a decline of 16% year-on-year. Last ...

MNA Secretary of Association of Iranian Airlines told Mehr News on Sun. that the Foreign Ministry has begun looking into the refueling issue for Iranian planes in Turkey and Lebanon. Maghsoud Asadi Samani told Mehr News correspondent on Sunday that the refueling issue for Iranian planes in Turkey and Lebanon has not yet been resolved....

Financial Tribune - Airlines have recently voiced concerns about their future operations, underscoring their most serious problems in a letter to President Hassan Rouhani. Just like other economic sectors in Iran, the aviation industry, particularly airlines, have experienced problems with the depreciation of national currency. The Iranian rial ...

Press TV- The US has imposed new sanctions against nine Iranian and Turkish individuals and companies as well as a number of aircraft providing goods and services to four Iranian airlines. The sanctions announced by the US Treasury Department on Thursday, targeted the entities cooperating with Iran's Mahan Air, Caspian Air, Meraj Air, and Pouya ...

Tasnim The rising level of dust pollution in Iraq forced Iranian airlines to cancel their flights to the Arab countrys cities of Baghdad and Najaf ahead of Arbaeen, the 40th day after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shiite Imam. With dust clouds reducing visibility, Iranian flights heading to Baghdad and Najaf ...

AP -- Foreign airlines have instructed Iranian travel agencies not to sell U.S.-bound flight tickets to Iranians holding U.S. visas after President Donald Trump's executive order banning visas for seven Muslim countries, including Iran. The move comes even though a U.S. judge on Friday temporarily blocked the ban, siding with two states that urged ...

US aerospace giant Boeing confirmed Wednesday that it was in talks with Iranian airlines seeking to buy its airplanes. "We have been engaged in discussions with Iranian airlines approved by the USG (US government) about potential purchases of Boeing commercial passenger airplanes and services," the company said in an email to AFP. "We do not ...

Tehran, April 5, IRNA None of Iranian airline companies need the Saudi Arabian air space for their flights, a local aviation official told IRNA. Ebrahim Moradi explained that following the severance of relations with Saudi Arabia, two of Irans airlines namely Iran Air and Mahan which had regular flight schedules from Irans Mashhad to Dammam in ...

Aviation industrialists are speculating that the removal of sanctions against Iran will put pressure on major Middle East carriers, creating new competition for those who have built a business on connecting regional and international traffic. Leading regional airlines like Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways will specifically find themselves ...

Irans aviation companies are still facing stringent Western restrictions for procurement of plane parts, secretary of Association of Iranian Airlines (AIRA) has said. Western governments must allow sales of plane parts to Iran under a preliminary nuclear deal signed in November 2013, but Maqsoud Asadi Samani said they are refusing to fulfill the ...

[caption id="attachment_108220" align="alignright" width="202"] The Boeing logo hangs from the Boeing International Headquarters in Chicago. (file photo)[/caption] Aerospace giant Boeing has reportedly signed a deal with Iran Air to provide the Iranian flag carrier airline with plane parts. A regulatory filing which was issued on Wednesday reads ...

Tehran, Dec 18, IRNA Iranian airline Iran Air is to resume its direct flight from holy city of Mashhad in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi to Bahrain as of Wednesday. According to an agreement inked between Iranian and Bahraini officials, Iran Air handles direct flights from Mashhad to Bahrain and vice versa every week. By IRNA  ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran plans to add 13 other planes to its airline fleets. "Last year 21 planes were added to the country's airline fleet and this year 24 planes were added to the fleets, 3 of which were Airbus 320," said Head of Iranian Civil Aviation Organization Hamidreza Pahlevani. If 20 planes are added to the country's airline fleets, the country ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) The Civil Aviation Organization of Iran has announced that six new airlines have recently received permission to start operation. CAO director Hamidreza Pahlavani said that the permissions have been issued within the past month, according to the MehrNews Agency. Earlier this month, Pahlavani said that the organization ...