Aria Air ( fa, هواپیمایی آریا) was an

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based in

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, Iran. It operated international and domestic passenger service. Officially, its main base was in Bandar Abbas, but the headquarter was located in

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History

The airline was established and started operations in 1999 as Aria Air Tour. Aria Air was founded by Captain Mehdi Dadpay, Seyfallah Moradi and Mohammad Hossein Alavi.

Fleet

The Aria Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of January 2013): *2 Fokker 50

Destinations

;Iran *

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* Mashhad *

Ahvaz Ahvaz ( fa, اهواز, Ahvâz ) is a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz's population is about 1,300,000 and its built-up area with the nearby town of Sheybani is home to 1,136,989 inhabitants. It is hom ...

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* Lar ;United Arab Emirates *

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;Syria * Damascus ;Tajikistan *

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Incidents

*On 13 November 2000, an Aria Air

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aircraft was hijacked. *On 24 July 2009,

Aria Air Flight 1525 Aria Air Flight 1525 was a scheduled Iranian domestic flight which crashed on landing at Mashhad International Airport, Mashhad, Iran, on 24 July 2009. Aircraft The aircraft involved was an Ilyushin IL-62M, registered UP-I6208. The aircraft ent ...

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, registered UP-I6208, crashed on landing at

Mashhad International Airport Mashhad International Airport ( fa, فرودگاه بین‌المللی مشهد) is an international airport located in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran. Overview Mashhad international airport is the Iran's second-busiest airport, behind Te ...

, Mashhad,

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, killing 16 people including the CEO Mehdi Dadpay. 136 of the passengers escaped any harm, but 19 of them were injured.

References

External links

* Airlines of Iran Airlines established in 1999 Iranian companies established in 1999 {{Iran-transport-stub