Financial Tribune - A new airline has secured the approval in principle of Iran Civil Aviation Organization, but has yet to receive Air Operator Certificate that authorizes commercial air transport operations, or the import of an aircraft, the secretary of the Association of Iranian Airlines has said. Maqsoud Asadi-Samani added that the new airlines ...

Financial Tribune - Preliminary estimates show airlines will suffer losses worth 20 trillion rials ($129.87 million) till April 3the end of the upcoming Norouz holidays Given the fact that the two-week Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays are the main travel season in Iran, airline, railroad and bus companies will be among the hardest hit by the lack ...

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 ...

Tasnim Russia's Sukhoi Civil Aircraft said its plan to sell planes to Iran is still in place, adding that it was too early to talk about canceling the deal for delivery of SuperJet 100 (SSJ100) passenger planes to Tehran. It is too early to have regrets about Iran not getting the jets, Sukhoi press service said, Sputnik reported on Sunday. We ...

Press TV- The use of Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft in Iranian airlines has been put on hold for now because the Russian planemaker has failed to receive a US license for sales to the Islamic Republic, an official says. Iran Air Tours, a subsidiary of national flag carrier IranAir, had recently signed an initial agreement to buy 20 Superjets, while ...

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....

FNA - Secretary of Iran's Aviation and Space Industries Association Maqsood As'adi Samani announced that Tehran has officially protested at Turkey for refusing fuel to the Iranian passenger planes at Istanbul airports. "Unfortunately, the Turkish company which supplies fuel to the Iranian planes in the country has in an email and without any explanation ...

Financial Tribune - All Iranian airlines will stop flying to Najaf, Iraq, as of July 1 as a result of recent regulatory changes that make operating flights to Al Najaf International Airport very costly, the secretary of Iran's Aviation Companies Association announced. "The authorities have implemented a retrospective customs duty for airlines going ...