Fars Air Qeshm is an Iranian cargo airline based in Qeshm.
History Fars Air Qeshm was established in 2003 with the aim of creating efficient passenger and cargo services serving Qeshm Island. The airline was created with the aid of private sector investment. It temporarily ceased operations in 2013 due to bad management and financial problems. Operations were restarted with new management team in March 2017 based in Tehran with two Boeing 747-281F Combi (Passenger / cargo) aircraft.
Multiple intelligence sources has accused Iranian government of using Fars Air Qeshm aircraft and its cargo route to Beirut in order to transport weapons for Hezbollah and cover up as civilian jets.
In autumn 2024 a 747 delivered humanitarian aid that seemed to be weapons to Syria. It flew there four times.
Destinations As of March 2017, the airline operated cargo flights to the following destinations:
Country City Airport NotesArmeniaYerevanZvartnots International AirportGeorgiaTbilisiTbilisi International AirportIranTehranTehran Imam Khomeini International AirportIraqErbilErbil International AirportKazakhstanAlmatyAlmaty International AirportKyrgyzstanBishkekManas International AirportLebanonBeirutBeirut–Rafic Hariri International AirportMalaysiaKuala LumpurKuala Lumpur International AirportMongoliaUlaanbaatarBuyant-Ukhaa International AirportPakistanKarachiJinnah International AirportQatarDohaHamad International AirportSyriaDamascusDamascus International AirportTurkeyIstanbulIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportUnited Arab EmiratesDubaiAl Maktoum International Airport
Fleet
Current fleet , Fars Air Qeshm operates the following aircraft:
+ Fars Air Qeshm FleetAircraftIn FleetNotesBoeing 747-200FSCD2Total2
Former fleet The airline also operated the following aircraft:
+ Fars Air Qeshm Historic FleetAircraftNotesMcDonnell Douglas MD-83Operated by Bukovyna AirlinesYakovlev Yak-42
Incidents and accidents In September 2018, Israeli sources published some pictures claiming that a Boeing 747 belonging to Fars Air Qeshm was hit during an Israeli air force operation at Damascus International Airport.
In March 2019, a Boeing 747 belonging to Fars Air Qeshm was damaged, with no injuries reported, at Hamad International Airport in Doha during cargo unloading.
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