Meraj Airlines ( fa, هواپیمایی معراج, ''Hevapimaii-ye Mi'raj'') is an Iranian privately owned airline that is based at Tehran's
Mehrabad Airport
Mehrabad International Airport ( fa, فرودگاه بین المللی مهرآباد, ''Foroudgâh-e Beyn Almelali-ye Mehrâbâd'') , is an international airport serving Tehran, the capital city of Iran. Prior to the construction of the larger ...
and
Imam Khomeini International Airport
Imam Khomeini International Airport is the primary international airport of Tehran, the capital city of Iran, located southwest of Tehran, near the localities of Robat Karim and Eslamshahr and spread over an area of of land. Along with Mehr ...
.
Destinations
As of September 2022, Meraj Airlines operates to the following destinations:
Fleet
Current fleet
, the Meraj Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:
Former fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft (at August 2017):
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Airbus A321-200
The Airbus A321 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short to medium range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin engine jet airliners; it carries 185 to 236 passengers. It has a stretched fuselage which was the first derivative of the ba ...
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Airbus A340-300
The Airbus A340 is a long-range, wide-body passenger airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus.
In the mid-1970s, Airbus conceived several derivatives of the A300, its first airliner, and developed the A340 quadjet in parallel wit ...
Special livery
In 2015, Meraj Airlines painted the nose of an Airbus A320 and the fuselage of An Airbus A300 with images of an
Asiatic cheetah
The Asiatic cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus venaticus'') is a critically endangered cheetah subspecies currently only surviving in Iran. It once occurred from the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East to the Caspian region, Transcaucasus, Kyzylkum D ...
in collaboration with the Iranian Cheetah Society to raise awareness of the endangered cat.
In 2018, they painted the body of their Airbus A300-600R with an Asiatic cheetah, for the same reason.
Services
Cabin
First Class
Introduced in 2015, sleeper seating is available on 2-class Airbus A300-600 aircraft. Each seat has massage function; a partition; a winged headrest with six-way movement; two individual reading lights and an overhead light; in-seat power supply, USB ports and an RCA socket for laptop connection; and entertainment facilities. Each seat converts to a 2-metre (6 ft 7 in) bed. Arriving passengers have the option of using Meraj's First Class arrival facilities, as well as the new Welcome Lounge at Tehran's
Imam Khomeini International Airport
Imam Khomeini International Airport is the primary international airport of Tehran, the capital city of Iran, located southwest of Tehran, near the localities of Robat Karim and Eslamshahr and spread over an area of of land. Along with Mehr ...
.
Business Class
The original Business Class features angled lie flat seats with 150 degrees of recline. Passengers are also offered the use of Meraj's airport lounge facilities.
Premium Economy
Introduced on Airbus A320s, Meraj's Premium Economy is being rolled out on all short-haul aircraft. It offers ''Economy +'' seating with more space, comfort and better services.
Economy class
Passengers receive meals, as well as free drinks.
Entertainment system
Meraj airline passengers can use the main screen entertainment fitted in the cabin to watch a variety of different programs including comedy clips, documentaries and sporting events.
List of Airbus A320 operators
Airline operators
''Data updated on 22 April 2022.''
Former airline operators
See also
* List of Airbus A320 orders
* List of Airbus A320neo family orders
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Airbus A320 Operators
Operators ...
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List of Airbus A340 operators
Set out below is a list of former and current commercial operators of the Airbus A340 airliner.
Airline operators
There were 214 Airbus A340 aircraft in commercial service .
Orders and deliveries
The following is a list of orders and deliver ...
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List of airlines of Iran
Iran has several private and public airline companies in operation. The oldest is the Iranian Airways Company, founded in 1944 (known as Iran Air since 1961).
As of June 2009, Iranian planes fly 45 international flight routes. Most of the fleet o ...
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Privatization in Iran
According to the Fourth Economic history of Iran#Review of Iran's successive economic plans (1991–2010), Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2005–2010), the Privatization Organization of Iran affiliated with the Ministry of Economic Affairs a ...
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Tourism in Iran
Tourism in Iran is diverse, providing a range of activities from hiking and skiing in the Alborz and Zagros mountains, to beach holidays by the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. The Iranian government has made concerted efforts to attract touris ...
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Transport in Iran
Iran has a long paved road system linking most of its towns and all of its cities. In 2011 the country had of roads, of which 73% were paved. In 2008 there were nearly 100 passenger cars for every 1,000 inhabitants.
Trains operate on 11,106&nb ...