Iran as well as her capital city Tehran is well connected and easily accessible through air. Tehran, being the administrative, cultural, economical, financial and governmental hub of the country, has been bestowed with several public and private airlines. The airlines in Tehran are well scheduled and cater properly to the domestic and international travelers. Get briefed about some of the major airlines in Tehran from the information we have brought for you.

• Iran Air:
  
  

  This is the national and oldest airline of the country and has its base at Tehran. Handful of businessmen founded the Iranian Airways in the year 1946; however, later its name got transformed into Iran Air. Iran Air comprises of a number of international and domestic aircrafts. It caters to almost 35 international and 25 domestic destinations from the Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran.

• Iran Air Tours:
  
  

  It’s a subsidiary of the Iran Air. Its main base is the Mehrabad International Airport and offers domestic and international services to the Middle East nations. It also has chartered services to the European countries.

• Safiran Airlines:
  
  

  This cargo airline in Tehran was established in the year 1988 and started its operation from 1990. It put some of the aircrafts on lease as and when required and specializes in the international cargo flights. It includes the following aircrafts: 2 Antonov An -140 and Boeing 737-300.

• Saha Air:
  
  

  It was established in the year 1990 and is solely owned by the Iranian Air Force. It caters to the domestic passengers mainly but also operates cargo charters from time to time. 3 Boeing 707-320C, 2 Boeing 747-200F and 2 Fokker F27 Mk600 are the aircrafts of the Saha Airlines in Tehran.

• Mahan Air:
  
  

  This airline of Tehran has its base at the Mehrabad International Airport. It operates domestic and international flights to Far East and Europe, some passenger charters and cargoes to Middle East and Russia and special pilgrim flights from Kerman to Syria.

The other airlines which have their bases at Tehran are Iranian Air Transport, Kish Air, Aria Air, Iran Aseman Airlines and Caspian Airlines.

Mehrabad International Airport has been the major airport of the capital city for quite some time. However, it would be soon be replaced by the Imam Khomeini International Airport (OIIE). The latter airport has been newly built and is around 30kms away from the heart of the city. Airlines such as Kish Air, Caspian Airlines, Emirates, British Airways, Iran Air, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways and so forth arrive and depart from these two airports based in Tehran.

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