Taban Air‘ Avro RJ85 EP-TBG (msn E2289) suffered substantial damage on 18 January when she was hit by a catering truck at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport after operating TBN6230 from Isfahan. Ironically, she had returned to service after an extended period of maintenance less than week earlier, on 12 June. With […]
Iran’s Qeshm Airlines newest Avro RJ100, EP-FQZ (msn E3332 ex M-NONA/9G-SBE), made a test flight on 6 September, wearing the new color scheme introduced earlier this year on one of the airline’s Fokker 100s. The airline acquired the former Starbow aircraft in the spring; she was ferried from Malta to […]
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury has extended its sanctions on Iran’s Mahan Air, which it considers to be supporting terrorism activities. The new order, issued on 24 May, adds several individuals and entities to OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons […]
Iran’s Qeshm Airlines has acquired the former Starbow Avro RJ100 M-NONA (msn E3332 ex 9G-SBE) as EP-FQZ. She had been stored at Malta Luqa since late November 2017, after Starbow suspended services. Painted all white and wearing her Iranian registration, she departed Malta for Tehran on 16 March. Qeshm’s fleet […]
Iranian airline Mahan Air has retired the 146th BAe 146 built. BAe 146-300 EP-MOK (msn E3146) was flown to Shahdad, near Kerman, on 7 December. After making a low pass, she landed on a gravel strip, with Captain Mokhtarabadi, Mahan Air’s Bae 146/Avro RJ fleet manager, at the controls. She is due […]
An investigation by Iran’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) has named pilot error as the primary cause of a runway over-run by a Mahan Air Avro BAe 146-300 in June 2016. 146-300 EP-MOF (msn E3149) was arriving at Khark Island on flight W5-4525 from Ahwaz on 19 June when she over-ran Khark’s runway 13, coming […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani flew on Mahan Air Avro RJ85 EP-MOQ (msn E2261) from Tehran to Semnan on 6 April. President Rouhani was visiting Semnan province for the opening ceremonies of several infrastructure, construction, and service projects, including the inauguration of the Farda car manufacturing plant. President Rouhani is up […]
Mahan Air Avro BAe 146-300 EP-MOF (msn E3149) was damaged in a runway overrun at Kharg on 19 June. She was arriving on flight W5-4525 from Ahwaz when she over-ran Kharg’s runway 13, coming to rest about 60 m past the end of the runway. The nose gear collapsed, causing […]
Iranian airline Mahan Air has added another Avro RJ85. The latest addition is RJ85 G-CEIF (msn E2347), which was formerly CityJet‘s EI-RJJ. She was returned off-lease to Falko in late October 2014, at which point her previous registration of G-CEIF was restored. After a period of storage at Cranfield, she […]
Qeshm Air Avro RJ100 EP-FQU made a landing with her nose gear up at Tehran Mehrabad on 31 August. EP-FQU was making a test flight from Tehran to Yazd after a period of storage, with only the flight crew on board, when the nose gear failed to deploy on approach […]
