Zagros Airlines

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Zagros Airlines
هواپیمایی زاگرس
Hevapimaii-ye Zagres
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
ZV IZG ZAGROS
Founded2005
HubsTehran Mehrabad International Airport
Subsidiaries
  • Zagros Regional
  • ZagrosScoot
Fleet size18
Parent company
Zagros Group
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
Key peopleAbdolreza Mousavi, owner
Websitewww.zagrosairlines.com

Zagros Airlines is an Iranian airline headquartered in Tehran and based at Mehrabad International Airport.

History

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Zagros Airlines was founded in 2005 in

Mashhad International Airport as its operating bases. In 2007, Zagros Airlines started its first international route from Tehran to the Syrian capital of Damascus.[citation needed
]

In September 2013, the airline took delivery of an

In June 2017, it was announced that the airline had signed an

A330neo aircraft.[4]
However, the order could never be placed due to newly imposed sanctions.

In July 2019, Zagros Airlines became the first Iranian Airliner to have a female Pilot since the Iranian Revolution.[citation needed] The Same year in October 2019, exactly 3 month after Jahandari Introduction to Zagros Airlines, She was part of the first all Female Flight in Iran, as well as the Middle East Region.[5]

Destinations

As of May 2023, Zagros Airlines operated flights to the following destinations:

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Georgia Batumi Batumi International Airport Seasonal
Tbilisi Tbilisi International Airport
Iran
Abadan
Ayatollah Jami International Airport
Ahvaz Qasem Soleimani International Airport
Ardabil Ardabil Airport
Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas International Airport
Bushehr Bushehr Airport
Chabahar Chabahar Konarak Airport
Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport
Kerman Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Airport
Kish Kish International Airport
Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport Hub
Qeshm
Qeshm International Airport
Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport
Tabriz Shahid Madani International Airport
Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport Hub
Mehrabad International Airport Hub
Iraq Baghdad Baghdad International Airport
Najaf Al Najaf International Airport
Uzbekistan Tashkent
Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport

Fleet

As of October 2019, the Zagros Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[6][needs update]

Zagros Airlines fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
J Y Total
Airbus A319-100 1 142 142
Airbus A320-200
4 16 132 148
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 5 157 157
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 2 172 172
Total 12

Accidents and incidents

  • On 28 January 2016, Zagros Airlines Flight 4010 was landing at
    McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration EP-ZAB, skidded off the runway, due to weather conditions. The aircraft was badly damaged but there were no injuries.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.zagrosairlines.com/article/fleet.php
  2. ^ "Zagros Airlines Acquires Iran's First A319 - Aviation Iran". 19 January 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Iran's Zagros Airlines adds maiden A321". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  4. ^ "Iran's Zagros Airlines inks MOU for A320neo, A330neo". Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  5. ISSN 0140-0460
    . Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  6. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 17.
  7. ^ "Accident: Zagros MD83 at Mashad on Jan 28th 2016, runway excursion on landing". avherald.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  8. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas MD-83 EP-ZAB Mashhad Airport (MHD)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

External links

Media related to Zagros Airlines at Wikimedia Commons