Kish Air

The airline was established on December 16, 1989, and started operations in 1990. It is owned by Kish Free Zone Organisation (79%), Kish Investment and Development (11%) and Kish Development and Servicing (10%). To start its passenger operations, after receiving temporary operations permission, the airline leased two aircraft (three Tupolev Tu-154 and four McDonnell Douglas MD-82/MD-83) from Bulgaria Airlines on a wet lease. Kish Air received its air operator certificate (AOC) in 1991, thus becoming the first private company to receive its AOC from Civil Aviation of Iran. At this time the company began wet-leasing three Tupolev Tu-154Ms from Russian leasing companies, returning the previously leased Bulgarian aircraft. The company also wet-leased two Yakovlev Yak-42D aircraft from Russia. Towards the end of 1992, the company was at the verge of bankruptcy, and most of the key managers were replaced. In 1999, Kish Air having enough financial strength, decided to replace its wet-leased fleet with dry leased and purchased aircraft, and was able to operate two dry leased and two purchased Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft and hire and train the required aircrew and maintenance personnel. It's TU 154 fleet was retired between this time. In February of 2017 Kish Air was bound to receive it's E195 fleet.In August of 2017 Kish Air reportedly had a deal for 10 737 MAX aircraft that were never delivered, and also looked to obtain six repossessed A320 aircraft. In July of 2017 Kish Air made plans to fly to Yerevan. In 2018 Kish Air had plans to fly seasonally between Shiraz and Belgrade. In 2022 the airline returned to Afghanistan serving the city of Kabul. Officials announced that Kish Air was going to be privatized in the first half of 2023 .In March of 2024 Kish Air bought an MD 82 from Kam Air of Afghanistan ==Destinations==

As of September 2023, Kish Air operates services to the following destinations: ==Fleet==

at Dubai International Airport at Mehrabad Airport, Tehran , Kish Air operates the following aircraft: Fleet development In April 2017, it was announced that the airline planned to order six aircraft from ATR, with variant and delivery dates announced if, and when, the deal is signed by the airline. The aircraft were planned to be used to increase the number of flights on domestic flights in Iran. Former fleet The airline previously operated the following aircraft (at November 2017): • 2 Airbus A320 leased from Jordan Aviation • 1 Boeing 737-500 leased from Bukovyna Airlines • 7 Fokker 50 ==Accidents and incidents==

• On 19 September 1995, Kish Air Flight 707 was hijacked by flight attendant Reza Jabbari and landed in Israel, where the hijacker was arrested. Jabbari requested asylum and declared his intention of converting to Judaism. Sentenced to eight years in prison, he served four years but was granted asylum and remained in Israel. He eventually became an Israeli citizen and converted to Judaism. • On 10 February 2004, Kish Air Flight 7170, operated by a Fokker 50 Mk.050, crashed at Sharjah International Airport killing 43 people. There were three survivors with serious injuries. The cause was that the propellers were put into reverse pitch while the aircraft was in flight. ==See also==