Mahan Air

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Mahan Air
هواپیمایی ماهان
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IATA ICAO Callsign
W5 IRM MAHAN AIR
Founded 1991
Commenced operations June 1992
Hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer program Mahan and Miles
Fleet size 57
Destinations 61
Company slogan The Spirit of Excellence
Parent company Mol-Al-Movahedin Charity Institute
Headquarters Aryashahr, Tehran, Iran
Key people Hamid Arabnejad, Chairman & CEO
Website www.mahan.aero

Mahan Airlines, operating under the name Mahan Air (Persian: هواپیمایی ماهان Havāpeymāiye Māhān‎‎) is a private airline based in Tehran, Iran.[1][2] It operates scheduled domestic services and international flights to the Far East, Middle East, Central Asia, and Europe. Its main hubs are Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport and Mehrabad International Airport.

History

File:Mahan Air Central building Tehran.jpg
Mahan Air Tower the headquarters of Mahan Air, Tehran, Iran
File:Mahan Air Boeing 747-400 KvW.jpg
Boeing 747-400
File:Mahan air a300b4-600 ep-mnr lands birmingham arp.jpg
Mahan Air Airbus A300B4-600 landing at Birmingham International Airport, England (2010)
File:Mahan Air A310-300 EX-35003 DXB 2009-11-14.png
A Mahan Air Airbus A310-300, just departed from Dubai International Airport in 2009.

Mahan Air as a Full-Service Carrier (FSC), was established in 1991 and began operations in June 1992 as Iran's first private airline. The name of Mahan is taken from Historical city of Mahan in Kerman Province. The Airline joined the IATA in 2001 and is owned by Mol-Al-Movahedin Charity Institute (100%).

Three Airbus A-300-B4 passenger aircraft was acquired in 1999 and later in 2002 A310 and A320 types joined the fleet. The Fleet has gone through an extensive modernization as the Boeing 747-400’s, A300-600, RJ-100’s as well as A-340’s were gradually acquired since 2006 to enable Mahan Air to provide additional capacity on its current destinations as well as extending its reach to further destinations worldwide.

The airline carried 5.4 million passengers in 2015 with an average load factor of 77% and in mid-2015 had a fleet of 60 aircraft, making it the largest airline in Iran based on seat numbers and fleet size, operates scheduled passenger service to 24 international destinations in Europe, Far East and the Middle East (Including Dusseldorf, Munich, Milan, Moscow, Kiev, Paris, Copenhagen, Istanbul, Ankara, Shanghai, Guanghou, Beijing, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Delhi, Dubai, Athens, Almaty, Yerevan, Baghdad, Najaf, Beirut, Dammam, Damascus, Erbil, Jeddah, Kabul, Kuwait,…). Mahan Air has an extensive domestic route network consisting of 32 destinations. The airline plans to commence Copenhagen and Paris (CDG) service on the first half of 2016.[3] On 6th April 2016 Mahan Air was banned from flying over Saudi Arabian airspace.[4]


On 12 December 2011, the U.S. Department of Treasury announced the designation of Mahan Air as a material and transportation supporter of terrorism "for providing financial, material and technological support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). Based in Tehran, Mahan Air provides transportation, funds transfers and personnel travel services to the IRGC-QF." [5]

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Mahan Air three times since 2011 for allegedly shipping arms to the Syrian government; ferrying members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; and providing transport for the Lebanese militia Hezbollah.[6]

Corporate affairs

Mahan Air is headquartered in Tehran.[7] Its current slogan is "The Spirit of Excellence."[8]

Mahan Air loyalty programme, called the Mahan Club "Mahan & Miles", includes access to special lounges and dedicated "fast" queues.[9]

Destinations

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Main article: Mahan Air destinations

Codeshare agreements

Fleet

Due to the sanctions imposed by the US, Iranian airlines can only acquire aircraft which are at least seven years old and have been purchased through a third party rather than directly from Boeing or Airbus. Although this ban has been lifted

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A former Airbus A320 of Mahan Air which was sold to Iran Air

Three 747-400s were according to the British High Court unlawfully taken by Mahan from their real owners Blue Sky Airlines in 2008 using forged bills of sale. When ordered to bring the aircraft back to Europe, Mahan apparently claimed they could not do so because they were being investigated by the Iranian authorities for fraud and the aircraft had to be kept in Iran.[11]

Mahan Air Fleet (as of May 2015)[12][13][14]
Type Total Order Seating Notes
F J Y Total
Airbus A300-600R 14 — — 21 228 246[15]
Airbus A310-300 10 — — 12 190 202[15]
Airbus A321-100 1 —
TBA
 Stored
Airbus A340-300 4 — 7 48 160 215[15]
Airbus A340-600 7 2
TBA
 308 Deliveries: September 2016
Avro RJ-85 2 — — 8 104 112
Avro RJ-100 4 — — 8 104 112
BAe 146-200 1 — — — 95 95[15]
BAe 146-300 9 — — — 95 95[15]
Total 55 2

Executive

The Mahan Air Executive fleet consists of the following aircraft as of March 2009:[16]

Mahan Air Executive Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers
Cessna 525A Citation CJ2 1 0 9
Total 1 0 —

Fleet history

Over the years, Mahan has operated the following aircraft types:[17][18]

Mahan Air historical fleet
Aircraft Retired Notes
Airbus A300B4-100 2013
Airbus A300B4-2C 2006 Stored at OIKK and it's being used for cabin crew training
Airbus A300B4-200 2006 Sold to Iraqi Government
Airbus A320-200 2008 3 sold to Iran Air[19]
Airbus A321-100 2004 Leased from Blue Wings
Boeing 747-300M 2015
Boeing 747-400 2012 Stored due to US sanctions[20][21][22]
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 2005 Leased from SkyGate
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 2009 Leased from Best Air
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 2006 Leased from Bulgarian Air Charter
Tupolev Tu-154 2005 Sold to Caspian Airlines
Tupolev Tu-204-120 2006 Leased from Cairo Aviation

Incidents and accidents[23]

  • 7 March 2005: An Airbus A310 at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport, the crew executed an approach in manual mode with the co-pilot flying the airplane. The airplane landed normally on runway 29L at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport. After compression of the main struts of the landing gear, the spoilers were extended. At the same time the reverser on the left engine was brought to maximum mode. The reverse thrust lever of the right engine was not used since the reverser was deactivated. After deceleration to a speed of 80 knots the reverse thrust lever of the left engine was brought to the intermediate position between maximum and minimum reverse thrust. As this was happening the throttle control lever of the right engine was brought from idle to the position of ~55 degrees according to FDR data. Further movement of the reverse thrust lever of the right engine was accompanied by the simultaneous shifting of the throttle control lever of the left engine practically as far as the nominal mode. At this moment the airplane captain interfered in the control, shifted the throttle control lever of the right engine to idle and again activated maximum reverse of the left engine. However, in spite of the actions taken, the airplane overshot the runway at a speed of about 40 knots.[24]
  • 18 June 2012: A Mahan Air Boeing 747-300, registration EP-MND performing Hajj flight W5-5009 from Jeddah Saudi Arabia to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport Iran with 433 passengers and 25 crew, was climbing out of Jeddah when the crew received an APU fire indication, discharged the fire suppression systems without success and decided to return to Jeddah, where the aircraft landed safely. The aircraft was evacuated. 2 people received injuries in the evacuation, were taken to a local hospital and diagnosed with minor injuries.[25][26]
  • 6 October 2012: A Mahan Air Airbus A300, registration EP-MHM performing flight W5-1094 from Bandar Abbas Airport to Tehran-Mehrabad Airport Iran, was climbing out of Bandar Abbas about 10 minutes into the flight when the crew decided to return to Bandar Abbas due to problems with the cabin pressurization. The aircraft landed safely back in Bandar Abbas.[27]
  • 23 September 2013: A Boeing 747-300, registration EP-MNE, was involved in a runway excursion accident at Kerman Airport (KER), Iran. During take off from runway 34 the pilot noticed that the airplane had a tendency to the right. He attempted to maintain directional control using rudder input. He then decided to abort the takeoff. The airplane continued off the runway and came to rest. An emergency evacuation was performed during which 13 passengers were injured.[28][29]
  • 13 June 2014: A Mahan Air Airbus A310 was damaged when an airport passenger bus collided with the left hand side of the fuselage, just behind the wing at Imam Khomeini Airport.[30]
  • 17 May 2015: An Airbus A300-600 at Yerevan, touched down before active runway threshold.[31]
  • 15 Oct 2015: Low pressure Turbine of the engine number 3 of Mahan Air Boeing 747-300, registration EP-MNE, detached from the aircraft and fell into a field near Mehrabad Airport. The aircraft made an emergency landing and no injuries were reported.[32][33]
  • 24 Dec 2015: A Mahan Air Airbus A310-300, registration EP-MNP performing flight W5-112 from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (Iran) to Istanbul Atatürk Airport (Turkey) with about 150 people on board, had safely landed on Atatürk Airport's runway 05 and taxied to the apron, stand S6, but failed to stop on the stand, about 30 meters past the stand broke through a concrete barrier topped by a railing causing the nose gear to collapse, the nose fell onto the roof of a bus driving along the road underneath. No injuries occurred.[34]

References

  1. ↑ "Sales Office [Iran]" Mahan Air. Retrieved on 17 February 2011. "Tehran Central Sales office: Mahan Air Tower, Azadegan St., Karaj Highway, Tehran 1481655761- Iran."
  2. ↑ "Contact Us." Mahan Air. Retrieved on 17 February 2011. "Address : Mahan Air Tower, Azadegan St., Karaj Highway, Tehran 1481655761- Iran"
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