Aria Air

Aria Air
هواپیمایی آریا
A Fokker 50 of Aria Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
- IRX ARIA
Founded1999; 27 years ago (1999)
Ceased operations
July 24, 2009 (2009-07-24)
Operating bases
Bandar Abbas, Iran
Fleet size2
Destinations11
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
Key peopleCaptain Mehdi Dadpay, Seyfallah Moradi & Mohammad Hossein Alavi
Websiteweb.archive.org/*/http://www.ariaairline.ir

Aria Air (Persian: هواپیمایی آریا, Havâpeymâyi-ye Âriyâ) was an airline based in Bandar Abbas, Iran. It operated international and domestic passenger service. Officially, its main base was in Bandar Abbas, but the headquarter was located in Tehran.

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1999 as Aria Air Tour. In 2001 the airline was renamed to Aria Air. With a fleet of leased Yakovlev's and Tupolevs the airline had added it's route to Dubai. In 2004 two Fokker 50s were added to the Aria Air fleet.[citation needed] In 2009 following a fatal accident the airline ceased all operations on the exact same day.

Fleet

The Aria Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of January 2013):

As of July 2014 Iran banned the use of aircraft over twenty years old, so both machines were grounded.

Destinations

Iran
United Arab Emirates
Syria
Tajikistan

Incidents

References

  1. ↑ "Aria Air Airline Profile". centreforaviation.com. CAPA. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  2. ↑ "Aria Air on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Iran to ban 20+ year old aircraft from active service". ch-aviation. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
  4. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "Unlawful Interference Yakovlev Yak-40K EP-EAM, Monday 13 November 2000". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2026-05-01.
  5. ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  6. ↑ "Seventeen die in Iran plane blaze". BBC News. 24 July 2009. Archived from the original on 24 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009.