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Iranian airline
Qeshm Airهواپیمایی قشمHavāpeymāyi-ye Qeshm
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| IATA ICAO Call sign QB QSM QESHM AIR | |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Commenced operations | 1996 |
| Operating bases | Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport Tehran Mehrabad Airport Qeshm International Airport |
| Focus cities | Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport |
| Fleet size | 18[1] |
| Destinations | 45[2] |
| Parent company | Ministry of Petroleum (Iran) |
| Headquarters | Ekbatan Complex, Tehran, Iran |
| Key people | Ramin Hamze, Chairman & CEO Babak Zanjani (Founder) |
| Website | www.qeshm-air.com |
Qeshm Air (Persian: هواپیمایی قشم, Hevapeimayi-ye Qeshm) is an Iranian airline; it has its headquarters in Tehran, Iran and operates scheduled domestic and international passenger services as well as charter flights. The airline was founded in 1993 as Faraz Qeshm Airline.[3]
Qeshm Air is different from Fars Air Qeshm.[_citation needed_]
Qeshm Air was founded in 1993 and established its services by leasing airplanes from other airlines. The company's first routes were from Tehran to Qeshm, and from Tehran to Dubai. By the year 2000, Qeshm Air had seven aircraft in its fleet.[_citation needed_]
As of February 2025, Qeshm Air's fleet consists of the following aircraft:[4]
Persepolis FC livery on Airbus A300-600
Qeshm Air Fleet | Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | --- | | | C | Y | Total | | | | | | Airbus A300-600R | 2 | — | 24 | 283 | 307 | | | Airbus A320-200 | 3 | — | 12 | 144 | 156 | | | Avro RJ100 | 3 | — | – | 110 | 110 | | | Fokker 100 | 3 | — | – | 117 | 117 | | | Total | 11 | | | | | |
Qeshm Airlines formerly operated these aircraft:
- Airbus A300B4[_citation needed_]
- Airbus A319-100[5]
- Airbus A321-100[_citation needed_]
- Fokker 50[_citation needed_]
- McDonnell Douglas MD-83[_citation needed_]
- Tupolev Tu-154M[_citation needed_]
- Yakovlev Yak-40[_citation needed_]
- Yakovlev Yak-42D[_citation needed_]
Accidents and incidents
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- On 17 May 2001, a Faraz Qeshm Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 departed from Tehran on a flight to Gorgan Airport carrying 30 people; including the Iranian Transport Minister Rahman Dadman, two deputy ministers and seven more members of parliament. It was forced to divert due to bad weather conditions and was later discovered crashed in the Alborz mountains, near Sari, Iran. All on board died.[6][7]
- ^ "شرکت هواپیمایی قشم".
- ^ "Qeshm Air Air Route Map". qeshm-air.com. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ Golestani, M. "Qeshm Air Official Website". qeshm-air.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Qeshm Air Official Website".
- ^ "Iran's Qeshm Air adds maiden A319". Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft Accident Yakovlev 40 EP-TQP Sari". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ^ Detailed Aircraft Information. The Soviet Transport Database – Scramble
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