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IRX
  
ARIA

Headquarters
  
Tehran, Iran

Fleet size
  
2

Destinations
  
10

Founded
  
1999

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Website
  
http://www.ariaairline.ir

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Aria Air (Persian: هواپیمایی آریا‎‎) was an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operated international and domestic passenger services. Its main base is Mehrabad International Airport.

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History

The airline was established and started operations in 2000 as Aria Air Tour. Aria Air was founded by Captain Asghar Abdollahpour and Captain Mahdi Dadpei.

Fleet

The Aria Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of January 2013):

  • 3 Fokker 50

    • Destinations

    Iran
  • Kish Island
  • Bandar Abbas
  • Mashhad
    • United Arab Emirates
  • Dubai

    • Incidents

  • On 13 November 2000, an Aria Air Yakovlev aircraft was hijacked.
  • On 24 July 2009, Aria Air Flight 1525 an Ilyushin IL-62M, registered UP-I6208, crashed on landing at Mashhad International Airport, Mashhad, Iran, killing 17 people including the CEO Mehdi Dadpei. A further 136 escaped but 19 of them were injured.

    • References

    Aria Air Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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