Karun Airlines (formerly Iranian Naft Airlines) is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates cargo and passenger scheduled and charter services within Iran and to neighbouring regions. Its main bases are Tehran Mehrabad Airport and Ahvaz International Airport with secondary bases at Bandar Abbas International Airport, Isfahan International Airport and Shiraz International Airport.
History
thumb|Former logo from 2022.
The airline was established and started operations in 1992. In 2004 it officially became known as Iranian Naft Airline. Owned and operated by the Retirement Organization of National Iranian Oil Company, it has more than 600 employees. In the same year the airline added its 737 fleet. In 2019 it was sold. In 2022 the airline began its Boeing 737 operations. In 2023 the airline was planning to add the Boeing 777 to its fleet. In 2024 the airline added its first Boeing 737-300. The airline in the same year looked to finance new engines on its fleet.
In 2026 multiple Fokker F 50 aircraft owned by Karun Airlines were destroyed in a bombing along with a Pars Air aircraft.
Destinations
As of August 2025, Karun Airlines serves the following destinations:
{|class="sortable wikitable"
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! Country
! City
! Airport
! Notes
! Refs
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|rowspan=19|Iran||Ahvaz||Qasem Soleimani International Airport||||align=center|
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|Asaluyeh||Persian Gulf Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Kermanshah||Kermanshah International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Bandar Abbas||Bandar Abbas International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Bushehr||Bushehr Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Dezful||Dezful Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Isfahan||Shahid Beheshti International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Kharg||Kharg Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Kish||Kish International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Lamerd||Lamerd International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Lavan Island||Lavan Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Mahshahr||Mahshahr Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Mashhad||Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Rasht||Rasht Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Shiraz||Shahid Dastgheib International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Sirri Island||Sirri Island Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Tabriz||Shahid Madani International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Tehran||Mehrabad International Airport||||align=center|
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|Yazd||Shahid Sadooghi Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Kuwait||Kuwait City||Kuwait International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|
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|Oman||Muscat||Muscat International Airport||||align=center| ||align=center|
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|||Dubai||Dubai International Airport||||align=center| ||align=center|
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|||Istanbul||Istanbul Airport||||align=center|
|}
Fleet
Current fleet
, Karun Airlines operates the following aircraft:
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;margin:1em auto"
|+ Karun Airlines fleet
|-
! Aircraft
! In<br>service
! Orders
! Passengers
! Notes
|-
|Fokker 50
|2
|—
|50
|
|-
|Fokker 100
|4
|—
|100
|
|-
|Boeing 737-300
|4
|_
|149
|
|-
!Total
!10
!—
! colspan="2" |
|}
Former fleet
The airline previously operated a Boeing 737-300, leased from Khors Aircompany.
Accident
- In 2026 multiple Fokker F 50s of the airline was destroyed