Editing Qeshm Air

{{Short description|Iranian airline}}
{{distinguish|Fars Air Qeshm}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} 
{{Infobox airline
| airline        = Qeshm Air<br />{{lang|fa|هواپیمایی قشم}}<br /><small>Havāpeymāyi-ye Qeshm</small>
| logo           = [[File:QeshmAir.png]]
| image          = [[File:UUWW - 23.06.2016 - Airbus A-300-600 - EP-FQM - Qeshm Airlines (27866292970).jpg|UUWW_-_23.06.2016_-_Airbus_A-300-600_-_EP-FQM_-_Qeshm_Airlines_(27866292970)|250px]]
| IATA           = QB
| ICAO           = QSM
| callsign       = QESHM AIR
| founded        = 1993
| commenced      = 1996
| bases   = 
* [[Tehran Imam Khomeini Airport|Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport]]
* [[Mehrabad International Airport|Tehran Mehrabad Airport]]
* [[Qeshm International Airport]]
| focus_cities  = 
* [[Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport]]
* [[Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport]]
* [[Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport]]
| frequent_flyer = 
| lounge         = 
| alliance       = 
| subsidiaries   = 
| fleet_size     = 18<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.qeshm-air.com/web2/knowledge.asp?pid=0&tid=0&id=5782&lang=fa&title=در_باره_ما | title=شرکت هواپیمایی قشم }}</ref>
| destinations   = 45<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.qeshm-air.com/images/options/rout-map_New_1398-10-11_712341_13981021-170117_083241_13990202-110710.jpg |title=Qeshm Air Air Route Map|website=qeshm-air.com|access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref>
| parent         = [[Ministry of Petroleum (Iran)]]
| headquarters   = [[Ekbatan|Ekbatan Complex]], [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
| key_people     = {{plain list |
*Ramin Hamze, [[Chairman]] & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]
*[[Babak Zanjani]] ([[Organizational founder|Founder]])
}}
| website        = {{URL|www.qeshm-air.com}} 
| aoc            = 
| num_employees  = 
| hubs           = 
}}

'''Qeshm Air''' ({{langx|fa|هواپیمایی قشم}}, ''Hevapeimayi-ye Qeshm'') is an Iranian airline; it has its headquarters in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] and operates scheduled domestic and international passenger services as well as charter flights. The airline was founded in 1993 as Faraz Qeshm Airline.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qeshm-air.com/dpage.asp?pid=18&subid=22&lang=en|title=Qeshm Air Official Website|first=M.|last=Golestani|website=qeshm-air.com|access-date=30 March 2018}}</ref> 

Qeshm Air is owned by the [[Ministry of Petroleum (Iran)]]. It was previously founded and owned by [[Babak Zanjani]], but Zanjani was later convicted of corruption and the airline became part of the Ministry of Petroleum. The Ministry of Petroleum now jointly controls Qeshm Air with private companies. 

Qeshm Air is different from [[Fars Air Qeshm]].{{Cn|date=February 2025}}

==History==
Qeshm Air was founded in 1993 and established its services by leasing airplanes from other airlines. The company's first routes were from [[Tehran]] to [[Qeshm]], and from Tehran to [[Dubai]]. By the year 2000, Qeshm Air had seven aircraft in its fleet.{{Cn|date=February 2025}}

== Fleet ==
===Current fleet===
As of February 2025, Qeshm Air's fleet consists of the following aircraft:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qeshm-air.com/Default.asp?lang=en|title=Qeshm Air Official Website}}</ref>
[[File:Qeshm Airlines Airbus A300B4-605R on short finals at Mehrabad Airport.jpg|thumb|[[Persepolis FC]] livery on [[Airbus A300-600]]]]
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;margin:auto;" 
|+ Qeshm Air Fleet 
|-
!rowspan="2"|Aircraft
!rowspan="2"|In Service
!rowspan="2"|Orders
!colspan ="3"|Passengers
!rowspan="2"|Notes
|-
!<abbr title=Business>C</abbr>
!<abbr title=Economy>Y</abbr>
!Total
|- 
|[[Airbus A300|Airbus A300-600R]]
|2
|—
|24
|283
|307
|
|- 
|[[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320-200]]
|3
|—
|12
|144
|156
|
|-
|[[British Aerospace 146|Avro RJ100]] 
|3
|—
|&ndash;
|110
|110
|
|- 
|[[Fokker 100]]
|3
|—
|&ndash;
|117
|117
|
|-
!Total
!11
!
! colspan="4" | 
|}

===Former fleet===
Qeshm Airlines formerly operated these aircraft:
* [[Airbus A300B4]]{{Cn|date=February 2025}}
* [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A319-100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/54450-irans-qeshm-air-adds-maiden-a319|title=Iran's Qeshm Air adds maiden A319|access-date=30 March 2018}}</ref>
* [[Airbus A321-100]]{{Cn|date=February 2025}}
* [[Fokker 50]]{{Cn|date=February 2025}}
* [[McDonnell Douglas MD-83]]{{Cn|date=February 2025}}
* [[Tupolev Tu-154M]]{{Cn|date=February 2025}}
* [[Yakovlev Yak-40]]{{Cn|date=February 2025}}
* [[Yakovlev Yak-42D]]{{Cn|date=February 2025}}

==Accidents and incidents==
{{main|2001 Faraz Qeshm Airlines Yak-40 crash}}
* On 17 May 2001, a Faraz Qeshm Airlines [[Yakovlev Yak-40]] departed from Tehran on a flight to [[Gorgan Airport]] carrying 30 people; including the Iranian Transport Minister [[Rahman Dadman]], two deputy ministers and seven more members of parliament. It was forced to divert due to bad weather conditions and was later discovered crashed in the [[Alborz|Alborz mountains]], near [[Sari, Iran|Sari]], Iran. All on board died.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010517-0 | title=ASN Aircraft Accident Yakovlev 40 EP-TQP Sari | publisher=Aviation Safety Network | access-date=2012-10-09}}</ref><ref>[http://www.scramble.nl/soviet-database?af=62583&bt=204&view=details Detailed Aircraft Information]. The Soviet Transport Database – Scramble</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Qeshm Air}}
*{{official website}}

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[[Category:Iranian companies established in 1993]]


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