IRANIAN AIRWAYS

IATA: IR - 104 ICAO: IRA FOUNDED: MAY 1944 CEASED OPERATIONS: 24 FEB 1962

HISTORY: IRANIAN AIRWAYS was founded in May 1944 by Reza Afshar and Gholam Ebtehaj. Post-war, its first passenger flight was from Tehran to Mashhad, followed by a Tehran-Esfahan-Shiraz-Bushehr-Abadan-Ahwaz service. In 1946 the airline established service to Cairo, Baghdad and Tel Aviv, and in April 1947, to Paris. Iranian Airways was nationalized in 1961. On 24 February 1962, Iranian Airways and PAS merged to form the Iran National Airlines Corporation, known as Iran Air, using the homa bird as a symbol.

 

 

15/12/1954 (From Kuwait to Abadan to Tehran)

 

 

16/12/1954 (From Teheran to Kuwait)

 

 

22/4/1955 (From Benares to Delhi)

 

 

28/4/1955 (From Delhi to Agra to Benares)

 

 

UNKNOWN

 

 

 

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