Saha Airlines Explained

Airline:Saha Airlines
هواپیمایی ساها
Iata:-
Icao:IRZ
Callsign:SAHA
Founded:1990
Bases:Tehran-Mehrabad
Focus Cities:Asaluyeh
Fleet Size:3
Destinations:15
Headquarters:Tehran, Iran

Saha Airlines (Persian: هواپیمایی ساها) is an Iranian airline based in Tehran that operates scheduled domestic flights.

History

The company was established in 1990 as Saha Airline and is wholly owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force. It operates domestic passenger services as well as cargo charters.

Saha Airlines was the last civil operator of the Boeing 707 in the world.[1]

On 3 May 2013, all flight operations were suspended.[1] Saha Airlines began operating again in 2017.[2]

Destinations

Saha Airlines serves the following destinations (as of April 2023):

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
IranAhvazQasem Soleimani International Airport
AsaluyehPersian Gulf Airport
Bandar AbbasBandar Abbas International Airport
BushehrBushehr Airport
IsfahanShahid Beheshti International Airport
KishKish International Airport
Lavan IslandLavan Airport
MashhadShahid Hasheminejad International Airport
QeshmQeshm International Airport
RashtRasht Airport
SariDasht-e Naz Airport
ShirazShahid Dastgheib International Airport
TabrizShahid Madani International Airport
TehranMehrabad International Airport
YazdShahid Sadooghi Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

As of March 2024, the Saha Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[3]

Saha Airlines Fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersNotes
Boeing 737-3003 -
Boeing 747-200F1 - Cargo
Total3 -

Former fleet

Saha Airlines formerly also operated the following aircraft types:[3]

Saha Airlines Former Fleet
AircraftYear RetiredNotes
2012
Boeing 707-3002019Crashed in 2019 while on a cargo flight. Was the last commercial 707 in service.
2008transferred to Iran Air Force
Total

Accidents and incidents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Last B707 operator Saha Air suspends operations once more. ch-aviation.ch. April 21, 2013.
  2. Web site: 2024-07-03 . Saha Airlines Boeing 707 mistakenly lands at Fath Airport, Iran . 2024-07-03 . Tinnews . en.
  3. Web site: Saha Air Lines Fleet Details and History. www.planespotters.net. 2019-02-23.
  4. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20050420-0 Saha Air Flight 171 crash report
  5. Web site: سقوط هواپیما حوالی صفادشت تهران.
  6. News: Karimi . Nasser . Gambrell . Jon . Cargo plane crash in Iran kills 15, leaves 1 survivor . 25 April 2019 . AP News. Associated Press . 14 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190425210453/https://apnews.com/ac693fb74e4840bebcdfc6e90766e3e2 . 25 April 2019. live . en.