Fars Air Qeshm

Fars Air Qeshm is an Iranian cargo airline based in Qeshm.

Fars Qeshm Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
- QFZ FARS AIR
Founded2003
Commenced operations2017
Operating basesTehran Imam Khomeini International Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations16
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
Key peopleGh. Ghasemi, Chairman
Websitefarsairlines.com

History

Fars Air Qeshm was established in 2003 with the aim of creating efficient passenger and cargo services serving Qeshm Island. The airline was created with the aid of private sector investment.

It temporarily ceased operations in 2013 due to bad management and financial problems. Operations were restarted with new management team in March 2017 based in Tehran with two Boeing 747-281F Combi (Passenger / cargo) aircraft.

Multiple intelligence sources has accused Iranian government of using Fars Air Qeshm aircraft and its cargo route to Beirut in order to transport weapons for Hezbollah and cover up as civilian jets.[1]

Destinations

Fars Air Qeshm Boeing 747-200F before landing
Fars Air Qeshm Boeing 747-200F
A Fars Air Qeshm McDonnell Douglas MD-83 at Tehran Mehrabad International Airport, Iran. (2010)

As of March 2017, it operates cargo flights between:

Country City Airport Notes
ArmeniaYerevanZvartnots International Airport
GeorgiaTbilisiTbilisi International Airport
IranTehranTehran Imam Khomeini International AirportHub
IraqErbilErbil International Airport
KazakhstanAlmatyAlmaty International Airport
KyrgyzstanBishkekManas International Airport
LebanonBeirutBeirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
MalaysiaKuala LumpurKuala Lumpur International Airport
MongoliaUlaanbaatarBuyant-Ukhaa International Airport
PakistanKarachiJinnah International Airport
QatarDohaHamad International Airport
SyriaDamascusDamascus International Airport
TurkeyIstanbulIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
United Arab EmiratesDubaiAl Maktoum International Airport

Fleet

The Fars Air Qeshm fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of May 2020):[2]

Fars Air Qeshm Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Notes
Boeing 747-200FSCD 2
Total 2

Former fleet

The airline also operated the following aircraft:

Fars Air Qeshm Historic Fleet
Aircraft Notes
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Operated by Bukovyna Airlines
Yakovlev Yak-42

Incidents and accidents

References

Media related to Fars Air Qeshm at Wikimedia Commons


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