Sepehran Airlines ( fa, هواپیمایی سپهران, ''Hevapimaii-ye Sepehran'') is an airline located in
Shiraz
Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As o ...
city of
Iran
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.
History
In April 2015, Routesonline reported that Sepehran Airlines had acquired its first aircraft, a
Boeing 737-500
The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the Boeing 737 series of aircraft.
Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, ...
, and that it planned to begin flights later in the year. However, the airline did not receive its
air operator's certificate
An air operator's certificate (AOC) is the approval granted by a civil aviation authority (CAA) to an aircraft operator to allow it to use aircraft for commercial purposes. This requires the operator to have personnel, assets, and system in pla ...
until July 2016. Sepehran Airlines' first application for the certificate was rejected in June, as Iranian civil aviation authorities were concerned about the age of the airline's fleet.
Fleet
As of October 2022, the Sepehran Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
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