Mahan Air
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| Founded | 1992 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | June 1992 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Mahan and Miles | ||||||
| Fleet size | 54 | ||||||
| Destinations | 61 | ||||||
| Company slogan | The Spirit of Excellence | ||||||
| Parent company | Mol-Al-Movahedin Charity Institute | ||||||
| Headquarters | Aryashahr, Tehran, Iran | ||||||
| Key people | Hamid Arabnejad, Chairman & CEO | ||||||
| Website | www |
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Mahan Airlines, operating under the name Mahan Air (Persian: هواپیمایی ماهان Havâpeymâye Mâhân) is a private airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates scheduled domestic services and international flights to the Far East, Middle East, Central Asia, and Europe. Its main home bases are Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport and Mehrabad International Airport.
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Mahan Air three times since 2011 for allegedly shipping arms to the Syrian government, ferrying members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and providing transport for the Lebanese militia Hezbollah.
Mahan Air as a Full-Service Carrier (FSC), was established in 1991 and began operations in June 1992 as Iran's first private airline. The name of Mahan is taken from historical city of Mahan in Kerman Province. The Airline joined the IATA in 2001 and is owned by Mol-Al-Movahedin Charity Institute (100%).
Three Airbus A300B4 passenger aircraft were acquired in 1999 and later in 2002 A310 and A320 types joined the fleet. According to the British High Court, three 747-400s were unlawfully taken by Mahan Air from their real owners, Blue Sky Airlines, in 2008, using forged bills of sale. When ordered to bring the aircraft back to Europe, Mahan apparently claimed they could not do so because they were being investigated by the Iranian authorities for fraud and the aircraft had to be kept in Iran. The Fleet has gone through an extensive modernization since 2006 as Boeing 747-400’s, A300-600's, RJ-100’s as well as A340-600’s were gradually acquired to enable Mahan Air to provide additional capacity on its current destinations as well as extending its reach to further destinations worldwide.
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