Fars Air Qeshm was an Iranian cargo airline based in Qeshm.

Fars Qeshm Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
- QFZ FARS AIR
Founded2003
Commenced operations2017
Ceased operations2021
Operating basesTehran Imam Khomeini International Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations16
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
Key peopleGholamreza Ghasemi, Chairman
Websitefarsairlines.com

History

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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.[1]

Destinations

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As of March 2017, the airline operated cargo flights to the following destinations:

Country City Airport Notes
Armenia Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport
Georgia Tbilisi Tbilisi International Airport
Iran Tehran Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport Hub
Iraq Erbil Erbil International Airport
Kazakhstan Almaty Almaty International Airport
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Manas International Airport
Lebanon Beirut Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport
Pakistan Karachi Jinnah International Airport
Qatar Doha Hamad International Airport
Syria Damascus Damascus International Airport
Turkey Istanbul Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
United Arab Emirates Dubai Al Maktoum International Airport

Fleet

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Fars Air Qeshm Boeing 747-200F
 
A Fars Air Qeshm Yakovlev Yak-42 landing at Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates. (2006)

Current fleet

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The Fars Air Qeshm fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of May 2020):[2][needs update]

Fars Air Qeshm Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Notes
Boeing 747-200FSCD 2
Total 2

Former fleet

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The airline also operated the following aircraft:

Fars Air Qeshm Historic Fleet
Aircraft Notes
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Operated by Bukovyna Airlines
Yakovlev Yak-42

Incidents and accidents

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References

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  1. ^ "Iran's secret weapons-smuggling air routes to Lebanon revealed by intel sources". Fox News Channel. 2018.
  2. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 17.
  3. ^ @AmichaiStein1 (19 September 2018). "וזאת כבר התקיפה *שיוחסה* לישראל השבוע בשדה התעופה בדמשק: מטוס איראני שהיה, כבר לא (צילום: @imagesatint)@kann_news" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Boeing 747 Tips Backwards at Doha's Hamad Airport". 18 March 2019.
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