Zagros Airlines (, Šerkat-e Havâpeymâyi-ye Zâgros) is an Iranian airline headquartered in Tehran and based at Mehrabad International Airport.
History
Zagros Airlines was founded in 2005 in Abadan, Iran. The airline uses Mehrabad International Airport and Mashhad International Airport as its operating bases. In 2007, Zagros Airlines started its first international route from Tehran to the Syrian capital of Damascus.
In September 2013, the airline took delivery of an Airbus A320-200. In January 2016, Zagros Airlines acquired Iran's first A319. On March 14, 2017, the airline acquired its first A321-200 through wet lease from Khors Aircompany.
In June 2017, it was announced that the airline had signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for an order of 20 A320neo and 8 A330neo aircraft. However, the order could never be placed due to newly imposed sanctions.
In July 2019, Neshat Jahandari became both the first Iranian female pilot to operate a passenger airliner since the 1979 Iranian Revolution on a passenger airliner in Iran and the youngest McDonnell Douglas MD-80 captain in Zagros Airlines. In October 2019, exactly 3 months after Jahandari joined the airline, she was part of the first flight manned by an all-female flight crew in Iran, as well as in the Middle East.
Destinations As of May 2023, Zagros Airlines operated flights to the following destinations: Country City Airport Notes RefsGeorgiaBatumiBatumi International Airport TbilisiTbilisi International Airport IranAbadanAyatollah Jami International Airport AhvazQasem Soleimani International Airport ArdabilArdabil Airport Bandar AbbasBandar Abbas International Airport BushehrBushehr Airport ChabaharChabahar Konarak Airport IsfahanShahid Beheshti International Airport KermanAyatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Airport KishKish International Airport MashhadShahid Hasheminejad International Airport QeshmQeshm International Airport ShirazShahid Dastgheib International Airport TabrizShahid Madani International Airport TehranImam Khomeini International Airport Mehrabad International Airport IraqBaghdadBaghdad International Airport NajafAl Najaf International Airport UzbekistanTashkentIslam Karimov Tashkent International Airport
Fleet Current fleet , Zagros Airlines operates the following aircraft:
+ Zagros Airlines fleet Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes J Y TotalAirbus A3191——142142Airbus A3202—16132148McDonnell Douglas MD-825——157157McDonnell Douglas MD-833——172172Total 11— Former fleet , Zagros Airlines operated 1 Airbus A319, 7 Airbus A320, 5 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 and 3 McDonnell Douglas MD-83.
Accidents and incidents On 28 January 2016, Zagros Airlines Flight 4010 was landing at Mashhad International Airport's Runway 31R when the McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration EP-ZAB, skidded off the runway, due to weather conditions. The aircraft was badly damaged but there were no injuries.
See also List of airlines of Iran
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