Press TV - Irans civil aviation agency has released its second preliminary investigation report on the accidental shooting downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran earlier this month. The report, published by the Civil Aviation OrganizationofIslamic Republic of Iran(CAO.IRI) on Monday, published new data on the status of Ukraine International ...

Reuters - A Ukrainian airliner that crashed shortly after take-off from Tehran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board, was on fire immediately prior to the incident, according to an initial report by investigators. The report, by Irans civil aviation organisation, cited witnesses on the ground and in a passing aircraft flying at high altitude ...

IRNA - Iran Civil Aviation Organization said on Wednesday that 147 passengers on board of the crashed Boeing 737 plane were Iranians and 32 passengers were foreigners. All 179 passengers died when a Ukrainian plane Boeing 737 crashed in southern Tehran Wednesday morning after its engine caught fire. All the 167 passengers and nine crew members ...

Tasnim An Iranian official dismissed a warning from the US to the airlines operating over Iran, saying the attempts by Western media to damage the image of Irans airspace would have no impact in practice. In comments on Wednesday, director of Iran Civil Aviation Organizations public relations department said the US warning against the Iranian airspace ...

Tasnim A preliminary report by the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran has mentioned medical history of the pilot of an ATR passenger plane that crashed in southwestern Iran in February, citing his open-heart surgery and the medical limitations in his license. The preliminary report, released on March 11, includes a review of circumstances of the ...

Tehran, July 24, IRNA Director of the public relations department of Iran Civil Aviation Organization Reza Jafarzadeh said on Wednesday that agreements of Iran Air with Airbus and Boeing are still valid and no change has been made. Jafarzadeh made the remarks in response to recent news reports about possibility of cancellation of contracts between ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) announced on Wednesday that flights to Turkey, which had been suspended after deadly terrorist attacks on Istanbul Atatrk Airport, have resumed. After last nights explosions at Istanbul Atatrk Airport and the cancellation of flights to the airport, the first flight (to Turkey) by Iran ...

The Iranian market has proven to be highly lucrative for foreign airlines, as it generates $3 billion a year for them, according to Alireza Jahangirian, head of the Civil Aviation Organization. He pointed to domestic airlines $2.7 billion revenue and emphasized the need to empower Iranian airlines and focus on the potential of the aviation industry,...

The decision was made after the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 with 298 people on board over eastern Ukraine followed by airstrike on ISIL strongholds in Iraq and Syria by the US and its allies. Irans civil aviation systems are expanding. The aim is to further handle soaring air traffic on the Islamic Republics airspace. More than ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) An Iran Civil Aviation Organization committee convened on Monday to probe into the crash of a Sepahan Airlines turboprop plane in which 39 people were killed. The plane, an Iran-140 of Ukraines Antonov origin, crashed on Sunday morning in west of the capital Tehran, shortly after take-off from the Mehrabad Airport. The aircraft ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) An Iranian civil aviation official said several global airlines have requested to use Iran's airspace amid growing fears of flying over Iraq. Multiple countries have made requests for using Irans airspace, and we are now reviewing the demands, Ebrahim Shoushtari, an official with Iranian Airports Holding Company told the Tasnim ...

[caption id="attachment_107893" align="alignright" width="227"] A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER passenger plane (file photo)[/caption] An Iranian aviation official says the Islamic Republic is ready to open its skies to the passing international flights heading from northern Europe to East Asia after a Malaysian jet went down over eastern Ukraine....

TEHRAN, July 18 (MNA) Iranian Civil Aviation Organization warns Iranian airliners about using Ukrainian airspace due to lack of safety. Irans Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) deputy Hamid Habibi has told Mehr News that that warning came following recent Malaysian plane crash over Eastern Ukraine and speculations on the reason behind the incident....

Saudi Arabia's Rotana Group plans to open five-star hotels in Tehran and the Shiite pilgrimage city of Mashhad. Austrian Airlines AG resumed direct flights to Tehran from Vienna in March. Iranian officials have been in talks with the Italian government and Alitalia SpA to increase the frequency on routes, the Fars News Agency reported on April 30,...

Tehran, March 30, IRNA Head of Iran Civil Aviation Organization (CAO), Ali-Reza Jahangirian, said on Sunday that some 14 new planes have joined the Iranian aviation fleet in the past two months. Addressing a group of managers, he said purchase of the planes was not included in the accord, signed with the G5+1, but the group was obliged to remove ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Road Minister for Aviation Affairs Ali Mohammad Nourian announced on Saturday that Russia has offered to sell new passenger planes to Iran and the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran is studying the proposal. The Russians have asked us to study purchase of their (new) passenger plane in a bid to allow imports of the ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Head of Iranian Civil Aviation Organization Hamidreza Pahlevani and Egyptian officials reached an initial agreement on establishment of direct flight line between the two countries. Pahlevani and Egyptian officials discussed the further expansion of air transportation, establishing and running flight lines between Iran and Egypt as ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is ready to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the US on starting direct flights between the two countries, Head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization Hamid Reza Pahlavani announced. Iran's Civil Aviation Organization is ready for signing an MoU between the two countries, Pahlavani said on Wednesday. He also said ...

[caption id="attachment_28890" align="alignright" width="210"] File photo shows an Iran Air Airbus A300-605R passenger plane.[/caption] Iran has increased the number of airlines and international flights, ISNA quoted Mohammad Khodakarami, an official with the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization, as saying. Some 22 planes have been added to the national ...