List of defunct airlines of Iran

This is a list of defunct airlines of Iran.

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations Ceased operations Notes
Aban AirK5ABE20062007
Air Taxi company
1958?1980Merged to create Iran Aseman Airlines
Air Service1980
Aram AirIRW20002002
Aria Air TourIRX19992001
Aria AirIRXARIA20012014
Arvand Airlines
Atlas Air
20002001
Atrak AirAKATRATRAK20132018
AWA Airways 2016 did not start
Bon Air 1997 1998
Bonyad Airlines
Dena Airways
D9 DAI DENA 2016 2021-2022 Government Airline[citation needed]
Eagle Air 1948 1949 merged into Iranian Airways
Esquith Air 1997
Eram AirYEIRYERAM AIR20052013
Fly Qeshm 2016 Joint airline between Iranian and chinese investors, did not launch, operated CRJ 900
Fars Air QeshmQEQFZFARS AIR20062013
Fars Air QeshmQEQFZFARS AIR20172021
Faraz Qeshm Airlines renamed to Qeshm Air
Helicopter Company of Iran 1980
HESA AirlinesH8SPN20112014Rebranded as Sepahan Airlines
Hoor Aseman Airlines 1980 merged into Iran Aseman Airlines
Iran Air Joint Stock Company
1944 1961 First Incarnation of Iranair
Iranair Regional
2018 never launched
Iranian Air TransportIRGIATC19922009Rebranded as Naft Airlines
Iranian Airlines20102010Formed by Saha Airlines. Project cancelled July 2010.
Iran National AirlinesIR19621973Renamed/merged to Iran Air
Iranian Airways19441961Renamed/merged to United Iranian Airlines
Iranian Post & Telecom Aviation Services 1990 1997
Iranian State Airlines
1938 1946 State owned, replaced by Iranian Airways which later became Iran Air
Jam Air 2018 2018 Never Launched
Junkers Airline Company in Iran 1927 1932 First Commercial Iranian Airline, owned by Junkers
Mohann Air 2001
Naft AirlinesNVIRG20092017Renamed/merged to Karun Airlines
National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) Airlines 1960s ????
North Star Maritime 1977
Pariz AirIRE19972001
Pardis Air 2020 2024? AOC suspended
Pars AirPRA20062008
Pars Air Company 1970 1980 merged into Iran Aseman Airlines
Pasargad Airlines 2013 ???? Cancelled
Persian Air ServicesPAS19541962Merged with Iran Air
Qeshm Air
2000 2006 renamed to Pars Air
Sabalan Airlines 2012 2020s failed
Saffatt AirlinesIRV19982017
Safiran AirlinesSFNSAFIRAN19882007
South Air Services 1963 1992 rebranded as Iranian Air Transport Company
TA Air 2004 2005
Tara Airlines 1994 1995 renamed to Tara Helicopter Company
Tehran Airlines THR 2016 2020 never commenced
United Iranian Airlines19611962Renamed/merged to Iran National Airlines
Yas AirMHD20082014

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References

  1. ↑ "The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  2. ↑ "Since 1997, ATDB is the only service providing an accurate global and permanently updated details of all worldwide transport aircraft, airlines, private and government operators - and leasing companies". aerotransport.org. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  3. 1 2 "مجوز سه شركت هواپيمايي ديگر لغو شد" (in Persian). Iran Civil Aviation Organization. 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Aseman History". Iran Aseman Airlines Fars Branch. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  5. 1 2 "مجوز 8 شرکت هواپیمایی داخلی لغو شد/ مهلت چند ماهه به 7 ایرلاین‌". Fars News (in Persian). 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "( AWA Airways )".
  7. ↑ "Bon Air history from Iran, rest of world".
  8. 1 2 "شركت هاي هواپيمايي فعال و غير فعال" (in Persian). Iran Civil Aviation Organization. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Eagle Airlines (Iran)".
  10. ↑ "Esquith Air".
  11. ↑ "Fly Qeshm history".
  12. ↑ "Iran's Fly Qeshm set for 10 CRJ 900s".
  13. ↑ "Helicopter Company of Iran".
  14. ↑ "Hoor Aseman Airlines".
  15. ↑ "( IranAir Regional )".
  16. ↑ "IPTAS (Iranian Post & Telecom Aviation Services)".
  17. ↑ "Industry Spotlight: Airlines". Archived from the original on 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2026-04-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. ↑ "(Jam Airlines) history from Iran, rest of world".
  19. ↑ Lester, Stephanie (2022-12-05). "Industry Spotlight: Airlines". American Iranian Council. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
  20. ↑ "Post-1979 airline industry".
  21. ↑ "North Star Maritime".
  22. ↑ "Iran's CAA warns Pardis Air lacks licence, bars Kish flights". ch-aviation. Archived from the original on 2025-11-07. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
  23. ↑ "Pars Air Company".
  24. ↑ "Parsagard Airlines fleet".
  25. ↑ "Pouya Air".
  26. ↑ "Saffatt Airlines". cargoforwarder.eu. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  27. ↑ "Iranian Air Transport Company (IATC)".
  28. ↑ "TA Air".
  29. ↑ "Tara Airlines".
  30. ↑ "Tehran Airlines (ii)".