Aria Air

Aria Air was an airline based in Bandar Abbas, Iran. It operated international and domestic passenger service. Officially, its main base was in Bandar Abbas, but the headquarter was located in Tehran.

History
The airline was established and started operations in 1999 as Aria Air Tour.

Fleet
The Aria Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of January 2013):


 * 2 Fokker 50

Destinations

 * Iran
 * Kish
 * Bandar Abbas
 * Mashhad
 * Ahvaz
 * Bushehr
 * Shiraz
 * Lar


 * United Arab Emirates
 * Dubai
 * Sharjah


 * Syria
 * Damascus


 * Tajikistan
 * Dushanbe

Incidents

 * On 13 November 2000, an Aria Air Yakovlev aircraft was hijacked.
 * On 24 July 2009, Aria Air Flight 1525 an Ilyushin IL-62M, registered UP-I6208, crashed on landing at Mashhad International Airport, Mashhad, Iran, killing 16 people including the CEO Mehdi Dadpay. 136 of the passengers escaped any harm, but 19 of them were injured.