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Zagros Airlines is an Iranian airline headquartered in Tehran and based at Mehrabad International Airport.
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Zagros Airlines was founded in 2005 in Abadan, Iran. The airline uses Mehrabad International Airport and Mashhad International Airport as its operating bases. In 2007, Zagros Airlines started its first international route from Tehran to the Syrian capital of Damascus.[citation needed]
In September 2013, the airline took delivery of an Airbus A320-200. In January 2016, Zagros Airlines acquired Iran's first A319.[2] On March 14, 2017, the airline acquired its first A321-200 through wet lease from Khors Aircompany.[3]
In June 2017, it was announced that the airline had signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for an order of 20 A320neo and 8 A330neo aircraft.[4] However, the order could never be placed due to newly imposed sanctions.
In July 2019, Neshat Jahandari became both the first Iranian female pilot to operate a passenger airliner since the 1979 Iranian Revolution on a passenger airliner in Iran[a] and the youngest McDonnell Douglas MD-80 captain Zagros Airlines.[5][6] The same year in October 2019, exactly 3 month after Jahandari Introduction to Zagros Airlines, She was part of the first all Female Flight in Iran, as well as the Middle East Region.[7]
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Destinations
As of May 2023, Zagros Airlines operated flights to the following destinations:
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Fleet
As of February 2025, the Zagros Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[8][needs update]
Accidents and incidents
- On 28 January 2016, Zagros Airlines Flight 4010 was landing at Mashhad International Airport's Runway 31R when the McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration EP-ZAB, skidded off the runway, due to weather conditions. The aircraft was badly damaged but there were no injuries.[9][10]
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- While widely recognized as the first female pilot to operate a passenger airliner since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, this claim is disputed and there is no agreement on who the first female Iranian pilot was since the Iranian Revolution.[5][6]
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