Caspian Airlines

Airline in Iran

Caspian Airlines

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
IV	CPN	CASPIAN

Founded

1993

Operating bases

Tehran Mehrabad International Airport

Fleet size

Destinations

Parent company

Iran National Airlines Corporation

Headquarters

Tehran, Iran

Website

caspian.aero

Caspian Airlines (Persian: هواپیمایی کاسپین, Havāpeimāyi-ye Kāspian) is an airline headquartered in the Iranian capital of Tehran.^[1] Established in 1993, it operates services between Tehran and other major cities in Iran as well as international flights to Turkey and Iraq. Its main base is Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran.^[2]

As of December 2016, Caspian Airlines is prohibited by the US Department of Treasury from engaging in any transaction of any type with foreign entities; for providing support to IRGC elements by transporting personnel and illicit material, including weapons, from Iran to Syria.^[3]

History

The airline was established in 1993 and commenced operations in September 1993. It was set up as a joint venture between Iranian and Russian interests.

Caspian Airlines no longer has any Tupolev aircraft; today it operates mainly McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft.

Caspian Airlines finished building its headquarters in 1993. Later this tower was exchanged with three Tupolev-154s from Mahan Air.

Destinations

Country	City	Airport	Notes
Iran	Abadan	Ayatollah Jami International Airport
	Ahvaz	Qasem Soleimani International Airport
	Asaluyeh	Persian Gulf Airport
	Bandar Abbas	Bandar Abbas International Airport
	Bushehr	Bushehr Airport
	Chabahar	Chabahar Konarak Airport
	Isfahan	Shahid Beheshti International Airport
	Jask	Jask Airport
	Kerman	Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Airport
	Kish	Kish International Airport
	Mashhad	Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport	Hub
	Qeshm	Qeshm International Airport
	Rasht	Rasht Airport
	Sari	Dasht-e Naz Airport
	Shiraz	Shahid Dastgheib International Airport
	Tabriz	Shahid Madani International Airport
	Tehran	Imam Khomeini International Airport	Hub
	Tehran	Mehrabad International Airport	Hub
	Yazd	Shahid Sadooghi Airport
	Zahedan	Zahedan Airport
Iraq	Baghdad	Baghdad International Airport
Iraq	Najaf	Al Najaf International Airport
Syria	Damascus	Damascus International Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

The Caspian Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of April 2023:^[4]

Caspian Airlines Fleet
Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers
Boeing 737-400	1	—	168
Boeing 737-500	2	—	126
McDonnell Douglas MD-83	5		168
Total	8

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

1 Boeing 737-500, leased from Khors Aircompany

Accidents and incidents

On 15 July 2009, Caspian Airlines Flight 7908, a Tupolev Tu-154M, traveling from Tehran to Yerevan crashed near the Iranian town of Qazvin, killing all 168 people (153 passengers, 15 crew) on board.^[5]^[6]
On 27 January 2020, Caspian Airlines Flight 6936, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (registered EP-CPZ) suffered a runway excursion at Bandar Mahshahr Airport, Iran. The aircraft came to a stop on a road, injuring 2 of the 144 passengers and crew on board.^[7]
On April 12, 2021, a Caspian Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 performing Flight 6984 from Tehran to Kish rose above its assigned altitude due to an autopilot malfunction. As a result, a Qatar Airways Airbus A350 operating Flight 739, en route from Doha to Los Angeles received a traffic collision avoidance system alert and performed an evasive climb. The Aviation Herald claimed the Qatar jet produced automated warnings about its speed and an impending stall, something Qatar Airways denied. Both aircraft continued to their destinations and landed safely.^{[citation needed]}
On January 5, 2022, Caspian Airlines Flight 6904, a Boeing 737-400 (registration EP-CAP) veered off the runway during landing at Isfahan International Airport following a collapse of the left main landing gear, injuring five of the 116 people on board.^[8]

References

^ "Contact Caspian Archived 2010-06-18 at the Wayback Machine." Caspian Airlines. Retrieved on 27 June 2010. "Contact Details 5 Sabonchi St Shahid Beheshti Ave"
^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 62.
^ "Treasury Targets Networks Linked to Iran". www.treasury.gov. Retrieved Jan 29, 2020.
^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 16.
^ "Caspian Airlines 150 dead in Iran airline crash - eTurboNews.com". eturbonews.com.
^ "BBC News - Scores killed in Iran plane crash". bbc.co.uk.
^ "Airwork". www.airwork.nl. Retrieved Jan 29, 2020.
^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-4H6 EP-CAP Isfahan-Shahid Beheshti Airport (IFN)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-07.