List of defunct airlines of Iran
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This is a list of defunct airlines of Iran.[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aban Air[3] | K5 | ABE | 2006 | 2007 | |||
| Air Taxi company[4] |  | 1958? | 1980 | Merged to create Iran Aseman Airlines | |||
| Air Service[4] | 1980 | ||||||
| Aram Air[5] | .jpg) | IRW | 2000 | 2002 | |||
| Aria Air Tour | IRX | 1999 | 2001 | ||||
| Aria Air | _AN1161655.jpg) | IRX | ARIA | 2001 | 2014 | ||
| Arvand Airlines[3] | |||||||
| Atlas Air[5] | 2000 | 2001 | |||||
| Atrak Air |  | AK | ATR | ATRAK | 2013 | 2018 | |
| AWA Airways | 2016 | did not start[6] | |||||
| Bon Air[7] | 1997 | 1998 | |||||
| Bonyad Airlines[8] | |||||||
| Dena Airways | .png) |
D9 | DAI | DENA | 2016 | 2021-2022 | Government Airline[citation needed] |
| Eagle Air | 1948 | 1949 | merged into Iranian Airways[9] | ||||
| Esquith Air | 1997[10] | ||||||
| Eram Air |  | YE | IRY | ERAM AIR | 2005 | 2013 | |
| Fly Qeshm | 2016 | Joint airline between Iranian and chinese investors, did not launch,[11] operated CRJ 900[12] | |||||
| Fars Air Qeshm |  | QE | QFZ | FARS AIR | 2006 | 2013 | |
| Fars Air Qeshm |  | QE | QFZ | FARS AIR | 2017 | 2021 | |
| Faraz Qeshm Airlines | renamed to Qeshm Air | ||||||
| Helicopter Company of Iran | 1980 | [13] | |||||
| HESA Airlines | _An-140-100,_HESA_Airlines_AN2221381.jpg) | H8 | SPN | 2011 | 2014 | Rebranded as Sepahan Airlines | |
| Hoor Aseman Airlines | 1980 | merged into Iran Aseman Airlines[14] | |||||
| Iran Air Joint Stock Company [per] | 1944 | 1961 | First Incarnation of Iranair
(requires translation please view here) | ||||
| Iran National Airlines |  | IR | 1962 | 1973 | Renamed/merged to Iran Air | ||
| Iranian Air Transport | IRG | IATC | 1992 | 2009 | Rebranded as Naft Airlines | ||
| Iranian Airlines | 2010 | 2010 | Formed by Saha Airlines. Project cancelled July 2010. | ||||
| Iranian Airways |  | 1944 | 1961 | Renamed/merged to United Iranian Airlines | |||
| Iranian Post & Telecom Aviation Services | 1990 | 1997 | [15] | ||||
| Iranian State Airlines |  |
1938 | 1946 | State owned, replaced by Iranian Airways which later became Iran Air[16] | |||
| Jam Air | 2018 | 2018 | Never Launched[17] | ||||
| Junkers Airline Company in Iran | 1927 | 1932 | First Commercial Iranian Airline, owned by Junkers[18] | ||||
| Mohann Air | 2001 | ||||||
| Naft Airlines |  | NV | IRG | 2009 | 2017 | Renamed/merged to Karun Airlines | |
| North Star Maritime | 1977 | [19] | |||||
| Pariz Air[8] | IRE | 1997 | 2001 | ||||
| Pardis Air | 2020 | 2024? | AOC suspended[20] | ||||
| Pars Air[4] |  | PRA | 2006 | 2008 | |||
| Pars Air Company | 1970 | 1980 | merged into Iran Aseman Airlines[21] | ||||
| Pasargad Airlines | 2013 | ???? | Cancelled[22] | ||||
| Persian Air Services | PAS | 1954 | 1962 | Merged with Iran Air | |||
| Qeshm Air | .jpg) |
2000 | 2006 | renamed to Pars Air[23] | |||
| Sabalan Airlines | 2012 | 2020s | failed | ||||
| Saffatt Airlines | IRV | 1998 | 2017 | [24] | |||
| Safiran Airlines |  | SFN | SAFIRAN | 1988 | 2007 | ||
| South Air Services | 1963 | 1992 | rebranded as Iranian Air Transport Company[25] | ||||
| TA Air | 2004 | 2005 | [26] | ||||
| Tara Airlines | 1994 | 1995 | renamed to Tara Helicopter Comapny[27] | ||||
| Tehran Airlines | THR | 2016 | 2020 | never commenced[28] | |||
| United Iranian Airlines | 1961 | 1962 | Renamed/merged to Iran National Airlines | ||||
| Yas Air |  | MHD | 2008 | 2014 | |||
Further reading
- Manoucherians L., Illustrated Directory of civil aircraft of Iran 1924-2022, Top Kit Publishing, vol. 1, ISBN 978-0-578-29194-9.