TEHRAN (Iran News) The airline said on Saturday that flights between Mashhad and Dammam would increase to four per week to boost economic, political, and tourism interactions between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

It comes just a week after flights between the two cities were resumed after a nine-year hiatus.

According to the new schedule, flights on the Mashhad-Dammam route will be operated every Tuesday and Thursday.

Dammam, the capital of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, is home to a large community of Shia Muslims.

The post Iran Air doubles number of flights between Mashhad and Saudi Arabia’s Dammam appeared first on Iran News Daily.

He noted that the airliner is set to re-launch flights to Rome, Karachi, Beirut, and Istanbul in the following months.

Many flights to Europe were postponed after the start of the coronavirus pandemic in mid-February.

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Iran’s national flag carrier, IranAir, is currently operating all flights to the European destinations on schedule after the routes were disrupted for months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Low-cost airline Ryanair has slashed its winter flight schedule further as the outlook for the aviation industry darkens.  The Irish airline now intends to fly just 40 per cent of last year’s schedule between November and March, down from a previously planned 60 per cent, following a sharp fall in bookings. Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s chief executive, blamed the cuts on “government mismanagement of EU air travel” as quarantine restrictions weaken demand for travel.

The post All flights to Europe ‘on normal schedule appeared first on Iran News Daily.

The post Iran Air to Resume Flights to Europe appeared first on Iran News Daily.

The post Iran Air to launch first foreign flight to Amsterdam after coronavirus appeared first on Iran News Daily.

With increased cases of coronavirus being reported in countries near and far from China including South Korea, Italy, and Iran, numerous routes around the world are being cut to prevent the further spread of the disease.

The reductions in service are caused by a mix of low-demand and government mandate restricting travel to certain regions. Middle Eastern and Asian countries are among those being the most proactive in attempting to stem the spread of the virus as it finds its way across their regions.

While most services are being cut on routes within those regions, the effects of the virus on air travel can be felt as far as North America.

The post Iran flights among other cancelled due to coronavirus appeared first on Iran News Daily.

“The airline’s flights to the European destinations have been restored following consultation by Iran’s Foreign Ministry with European authorities, cooperation by Iran Civil Aviation Organization and Iran Air’s follow-up,” according to ISNA.

The news agency said that Iran Air’s flights to Europe except those to Vienna, Stockholm, and Gothenburg, will be carried out according to schedule.

The airline said passengers should keep in touch to obtain more information about the resumed flights.

IRNA reported on Sunday that Iran Air has stopped all flights to European destinations, citing a statement from the Civil Aviation Organization.

“With attention to the restrictions that have been placed on flights by Europe for unclear reasons all Iran Air flights to European destinations have been suspended until further notice,” IRNA said, citing the statement.

On Monday, Iran’s Ambassador to France Bahram Qassemi lambasted certain European governments for imposing restrictions on Iranian flights, saying the move would go down in history as shameful given that Iran is currently fighting a serious epidemic almost on its own.

Qassemi wrote on the Twitter account of the Iranian Embassy in France that instead of helping Iran, certain governments in Europe have decided to follow the United States and pile more pressure on Iran.

The envoy said it was a historic disgrace that Iran, a country already grappling with harsh US sanctions, is being denied of help in its fight against coronavirus.

“Instead of understanding the situation and helping the Iranians, some people, willingly or unwillingly and through vague excuses and in line with America’s maximum pressure, are adding to these pressures,” read part of Qassemi’s statement.

The envoy was referring to recent restrictions imposed on Iran’s flag carrier Iran Air forcing the airline to suspend all its flights to European destinations.

Iran Air announced on Sunday that it was trying to find a way out of the “unknown restrictions” imposed by European authorities.

That comes as Iran has dismissed claims that banning flights to Europe was related to the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.

For the past two years, the United States has been trying to persuade European governments that they should stop processing flights by Iran’s Mahan Air.

That comes as Iran Air, also known as Homa, has introduced new routes to compensate for Mahan Air’s canceled flights to European destinations.

The recent restrictions on Homa’s flights to Europe mean that no Iranian airline is currently servicing any flights to Europe.

That leaves many Iranians stranded in European countries where the number of people infected with the new coronavirus keeps surging.

The post Iran Air back on Europe route appeared first on Iran News Daily.

According To Iran News, In a statement on Tuesday, the Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran Air), announced that it will resume its flights to Europe after a 48-hour interval.

Thanks to the conducted negotiations between Iranian foreign ministry, Iran Air and the European commission, all of the airliner’s flights to Europe, except to three cities of Vienna, Stockholm, and Gutenberg, will be resumed according to the previously set schedules, the statement said.

The European commission had decided to halt Iranian flights over the outbreak of the new coronavirus.

As also reported on the same day, Iranian airlines have been given permission for the resumption of one-way flights from Dubai to Tehran till the end of the current Iranian year.

The post Iran Air to resume flights to Europe as of Wednesday appeared first on Iran News Daily.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s main airline, Iran Air, launched three new flight routes to the Qatari capital Doha amid a boom in bilateral relations that have helped trade flourish between the two countries.

The post Iran Air launches new flight routes to Doha appeared first on Iran News Daily.

Iran Air will operate Tehran to Rome flights on Mondays and Thursdays from Imam Khomeini International Airport, IRNA reported on Tuesday

Currently, Iran Air operates flights to Milan every Tuesday and Friday.

The idea of establishing the service was put forward last November, several days after Iranian aviation authorities confirmed that the Italian government had banned Mahan Air, Iran’s second-largest airline, from the country’s airspace under pressure from the United States.

The ban came nearly two months after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a visit to Rome, urging the Italian government to comply with Washington’s sanctions on Iran and to stop accommodating Mahan flights.

The U.S. government has imposed sanctions on Mahan Air, accusing it of providing services to the IRGC, Iran’s elite military force which has also been blacklisted by Washington. Germany and France have both already banned flights by the airline. However, no similar decision has so far been made against Iran Air.

Last month, Italian ambassador to Iran Giuseppe Perrone said that the two countries are in talks to deepen bilateral cooperation, particularly in the field of cultural heritage, making the remarks on the sidelines of a ceremony to launch a joint project for developing cultural heritage and tourism.

He described Iran “as a country that is very rich in terms of cultural sites and archeological sites… so there is a lot for people to discover,” adding “Iran is a country that has a great and [un-]tapped potential and when it comes to tourism, cultural heritage, it has a lot to offer.”

The post Iran Air flights to Rome resumes on February appeared first on Iran News Daily.

The post Passenger Plane Fleet to Expand Despite US Sanctions appeared first on Iran News Daily.