Iranian Naft Airlines is an charter airline based in Ahwaz, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. It operates cargo and passenger charter and scheduled services within Iran and to neighbouring regions. Its main bases are Mehrabad International Airport

Mehrabad International Airport

Mehrabad International Airport is an airport that serves Tehran, Iran. It was the primary airport of Tehran in both international and domestic passenger traffic but has been replaced by Imam Khomeini International Airport in most of its international flights...

, Tehran and Ahvaz Airport

Ahvaz Airport

-Accidents and incidents:*On 19 April 1970, Douglas C-47B EP-AGZ of the Air Taxi Co stalled on take-off and crashed. The aircraft was destroyed by the subsequent fire. It was operating a non-scheduled passenger flight. All 25 people on board survived....

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History

The airline was established and started operations in 1992. It is owned and operated by the governmental National Iranian Oil Company

National Iranian Oil Company

The National Iranian Oil Company , a government-owned corporation under the direction of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran, is an oil and natural gas producer and distributor headquartered in Tehran. It was established in 1948...

. It has 253 employees (at March 2007).

Fleet

The Iranian Air Transport fleet includes the following aircraft (at October 2008):

• 4 Fokker 100
• 4 Fokker 50

External links

Iranian Air Transport official website

• Iranian Air Transport Fleet