Pouya Air

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Pouya Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
PY PYA POUYA
Founded2008
Operating bases
Fleet size13
Destinations22
Parent companyIRGC
HeadquartersMehrabad International Airport
Key peopleMohammad Mohammadi
Websitewww.pouyaair.com

Pouya Air, trading as Pouya, is an Iranian airline with its head office at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran. It operates both passenger and cargo flights to domestic locations in Iran, as well as a few international destinations in the Middle East.

History

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In late 2012, Yas Air changed its name to Pouya Air, reflecting the third name change for this company since it began operations in 2000 as Qeshm Air. The first name change was to Pars Air in 2006 and later to Yas Air in 2008.[1] Pouya Air is identified today as an alias for designated Iranian airline Yas Air, which was designated in March 2012 pursuant to E.O. 13224 for acting for or on behalf of the IRGC-QF for transporting illicit cargo, including weapons, to Iran's clients in the Levant.[citation needed]

Destinations

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Pouya Air serves the following destinations (as of May 2023):

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Iran Abu Musa Abu Musa Airport
Ardabil Ardabil Airport
Asaluyeh Persian Gulf Airport
Bandar Abbas Bandar Abbas International Airport
Bushehr Bushehr Airport
Chabahar Chabahar Konarak Airport
Gorgan Gorgan Airport
Greater Tunb Greater Tunb Airport
Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport
Kish Kish International Airport
Lamerd Lamerd International Airport
Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport
Qeshm Qeshm International Airport
Rasht Rasht Airport
Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport
Sirri Island Sirri Island Airport
Tabriz Shahid Madani International Airport
Tehran Mehrabad International Airport Hub
Urmia Shahid Bakeri International Airport
Yazd Shahid Sadooghi Airport
Iraq Najaf Al Najaf International Airport

Fleet

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Pouya Air Ilyushin Il-76

As of April 2023 the Pouya Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Pouya Air fleet
Aircraft In fleet Notes
Embraer ERJ 145ER 6 Passenger aircraft[2]
Antonov An-72 3 Passenger aircraft
Ilyushin Il-76 2 Cargo aircraft
Bombardier Challenger 600 1 Business jet
Bombardier CRJ100/200 1 Business jet
Total 13

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Press Releases".
  2. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 17.
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