Qeshm Airlines: The Persian Gulf Island Airline Between Scheduled and Charter

History and positioning

Founded in 1993, it grew out of the first Tehran-Qeshm and Tehran-Dubai routes and then became a mixed scheduled and charter operator, with ownership shared between the Ministry of Petroleum and private capital.

The fleet

A heterogeneous fleet that mixes old Airbus A300 widebodies with A320-family jets and smaller aircraft such as the Avro RJ100 and the Fokker 100, a reflection of the same dependence on the used market common to Iranian carriers under sanctions.

Routes and network

Scheduled operations centered on Tehran's two airports, Mehrabad and Imam Khomeini, with several dozen domestic points and a few regional international destinations such as Dubai, in addition to charter activity.

The ideal profile is someone flying a specific regional domestic route from Tehran or a charter to the Gulf. It is not the right choice for those who want a consistent aircraft type on a multi-leg trip, since the mixed fleet means very different cabin configurations from one flight to the next. The practical tip: check which aircraft is assigned to your specific flight, because legroom and cabin age vary quite a bit between the older jets and the newer ones in the fleet.