Tehran-Sulaymaniyah flights resumed after six-month halt

The service started again on August 30 by Mahan Air, a Tehran-based private airline. According to the flight schedule, the once-per-week service takes off on Sundays at 23:00 local time [from the Imam Khomeini International Airport based on permission issued by Iran Civil Aviation Organization] and it leaves the Sulaymaniyah International Airport for Tehran on 23:00 of the same day.

Passenger aboard Mahan Air flight sustained spinal cord injury during U.S harassment

TEHRAN - A passenger, who was on board the Mahan Air Flight 1152, has sustained a spinal cord injury during the U.S. fighter jets’ harassment of the Iranian plane over Syria, the Tasnim news agency reported.

Iran to ‘decisively respond’ to U.S. harassment of passenger plane: MP

TEHRAN- Seyyed Nasser Mousavi Laregani, a member of the Parliament’s presiding board, said on Saturday that Iran will decisively respond to the U.S. harassment of an Iranian passenger airliner over Syria.

Ex-diplomat says harassing Iranian passenger plane is in line with maximum pressure

TEHRAN – Abdolreza Farajirad, Iran’s former ambassador to Norway, has said that the harassment against the Iranian passenger plane by a United States’ fighter jets was in line with Washington’s policy of maximum pressure against Iran.

Iranian airlines start selling Tehran-Istanbul tickets

TEHRAN – Some Iranian airline companies have resumed selling tickers for Tehran-Istanbul flights, the secretary of the Association of Iranian Airlines has said.

Iran’s Mahan Air to bring home Iranian passengers from India

TEHRAN – After five days of waiting for Iranian passengers stranded in India due to coronavirus fears, a permit was issued for Iran’s Mahan Air for returning the passengers home

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Mahan Air clarifies why did not suspend China flights after requested ban

TEHRAN – Over the past days some media outlets blamed Iran’s Mahan Air for why it continued a number of China services for days despite the health ministry’s call for a halt (due to the outbreak of coronavirus).

Iranian airline launches Kish-Sulaymaniyah route

TEHRAN - Iran’s Mahan Air has launched direct flights between the Persian Gulf island of Kish and Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah as its maiden flight touched down on the southern Iranian island on Sunday.

Iran Air to resume flights to Rome on Feb. 3

TEHRAN - Iran’s flag carrier Iran Air will resume direct flights to the Italian capital Rome on February 3.

Tehran criticizes Italy’s ban on Mahan Air

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Monday responded to Italy’s ban on Iran’s Mahan Air, saying Tehran expects “friendly countries” not to succumb to the United States’ “unilateral, illegal and baseless sanctions.”

Decision on banning Mahan Air flights, will Italy give in to U.S. pressure?

TEHRAN – Like many other European Countries, Italy is deeply concerned about the U.S’s unilateralism in the international system, and especially as Donald Trump's interference in the internal affairs of other countries has reached a level where Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin explicitly threaten other countries to abide by the Washington’s unilateral, irrational and illegal sanctions against other members of the international community.

Italy violates Chicago Aviation Convention by banning Mahan Airliner

TEHRAN – Italy’s ban on Iran’s Mahan Airliner under the pretext of its regular flights to Syria lacks economic and political logic. It is also a breach of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation.  

IranAir to resume flights to Rome after ban on rival airline

TEHRAN – Iran’s flag carrier Homa, known internationally as IranAir, is scheduled to resume flights to the Italian capital Rome after rival airline Mahan Air was banned from the European country’s airspace, Press TV reported.

Mahan Air expands long-haul services to Rome, Shenzhen

TEHRAN – Iran’s Mahan Air has launched direct flights connecting Tehran to Rome and Shenzhen, a major city in Guangdong province of China.

Iranian airline launches Tehran-Caracas direct flights

TEHRAN – Iran’s Mahan Air has launched direct flights between Tehran and the Venezuelan capital Caracas, Mehr reported.

MP urges Germany to reconsider ban on Mahan Air

TEHRAN – Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh has criticized Germany for banning Iran’s Mahan Air, saying Tehran expects the German government to reconsider its decision.

Germany to ban Iran’s Mahan Air flights: source

TEHRAN – Germany is to stop Iran’s Mahan Air from operating flights in and out of the country in line with U.S.-led sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Reuters quoted Bild, a German newspaper, as saying on Friday.

U.S. sanctions agent for links with Iranian airline

TEHRAN – The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Monday that it has slapped sanctions on a Malaysia-based sales agent for having links with Mahan Air, an Iranian airline.

 Tehran-Sulaymaniyah direct flights to resume

TEHRAN - Iran will soon resume direct flights from Tehran to Sulaymaniyah, a city in Iraq’s Kurdistan, after almost eight months halt.

Tehran resumes direct flights to Erbil

TEHRAN – Iran resumed direct flights from Tehran to Erbil, a city in Iraq’s Kurdistan as a Mahan Air flight touched down on Friday after almost six months of halt.