Qeshm Air (, Havâpeymâyi-ye Qešm) is an Iranian airline; it has its headquarters in Tehran, Iran and operates scheduled domestic and international passenger services as well as charter flights. The airline was founded in 1993 as Faraz Qeshm Airline.
Qeshm Air is owned by the Ministry of Petroleum (Iran). It was previously founded and owned by Babak Zanjani, but Zanjani was later convicted of corruption and the airline became part of the Ministry of Petroleum. The Ministry of Petroleum now jointly controls Qeshm Air with private companies.
Qeshm Air is different from Fars Air Qeshm.
History Qeshm Air was founded in 1993 and established its services by leasing airplanes from other airlines. The company's first routes were from Tehran to Qeshm, and from Tehran to Dubai. By the year 2000, Qeshm Air had seven aircraft in its fleet.
Fleet Current fleet , Qeshm Air operates the following aircraft:
+ Qeshm Air Fleet AircraftIn ServiceOrdersPassengersNotesCYTotalAirbus A300-600R4—24283307Airbus A320-2003—12144156Avro RJ100 5—–110110Fokker 1003—–117117Total15
Former fleet , Qeshm Air operated 4 Airbus A300, 3 Airbus A320, 4 Avro RJ100 and 3 Fokker 100.
Qeshm Airlines also previously operated these aircraft: Airbus A300B4 Airbus A319-100 Airbus A321-100 Fokker 50 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Tupolev Tu-154M Yakovlev Yak-40 Yakovlev Yak-42D
Accidents and incidents
On 17 May 2001, a Faraz Qeshm Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 departed from Tehran on a flight to Gorgan Airport carrying 30 people; including the Iranian Transport Minister Rahman Dadman, two deputy ministers and seven more members of parliament. It was forced to divert due to bad weather conditions and was later discovered crashed in the Alborz mountains, near Sari, Iran. All on board died.Detailed Aircraft Information. The Soviet Transport Database – Scramble On 6 March 2026, a Fokker 100 was destroyed as collateral damage in an airstrike on Mehrabad Airport, as part of the 2026 Iran war.
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