Saha Airlines (, Havâpeymâyi-ye Sâhâ) is an Iranian airline based in Tehran that operates scheduled domestic flights. It is owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force and banned from the European Union.

History

Saha Airlines was established in 1990 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.

On 3 May 2013, all flight operations were suspended.

In October 2024. the European Union sanctioned Saha Airlines in response to Iran’s shipments of missiles and drones to Russia for the war in Ukraine.

Destinations

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

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! Country

! City

! Airport

! Notes

! Refs

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|rowspan=15|Iran||Ahvaz||Qasem Soleimani International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

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|Asaluyeh||Persian Gulf 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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|Isfahan||Shahid Beheshti International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

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|Kish||Kish International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

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|Lavan Island||Lavan Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

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|Mashhad||Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

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|Qeshm||Qeshm International Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

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|Rasht||Rasht Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

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|Sari||Dasht-e Naz Airport||align=center| ||align=center|

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|Shiraz||Shahid Dastgheib International 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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|}

Fleet

Current fleet

thumb|Saha Airlines [[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-300]]

, Saha Airlines operates the following aircraft:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto"

|+ Saha Airlines Fleet

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!Aircraft

!In service

!Orders

!Notes

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|Boeing 737-300

|align=center|3

|align=center|—

|

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|Boeing 747-200F

|align=center|1

|align=center|—

|Cargo

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!Total

!4

!—

!

|}

Former fleet

thumb|A former Saha Airlines [[Boeing 707-300 in 2011]]

Saha Airlines formerly also operated the following aircraft types:

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|+ Saha Airlines Former Fleet

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!Aircraft

!Year Retired

!Notes

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| Airbus A300-600

| 2012

| Transferred to Meraj Airlines

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| Boeing 707-300

  • On 14 Jan 2019, a Boeing 707 freighter crashed near Karaj, Iran The plane was supposed to land at Payam International Airport, but the crew mistakenly landed at Fath Air Base. Of the 16 people on board, only one survived. The aircraft was the last 707 in commercial service worldwide.

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