July 22nd, 2007, 16:21
Iranian airline rejects safety warnings
Tehran (dpa) - Iran's Mahan Air on Sunday rejected claims by the British Department for Transport that the airline was unsafe, the Mehr news agency reported.
Mahan Air General Manager Hamd Arabnejad told Mehr that all the airline's planes were safe and accused the British side to cause a ballyhoo through groundless claims.
Mahan Air was on Friday asked by British transportation authorities to suspend its five weekly flights between Tehran and Manchester over safety concerns.
Arabnejad said his airlines would carefully follow up the case.
The Tehran-based network of Mahan Air, which began operations in 1992, has 21 destinations in 10 countries, including Dusseldorf, Germany.
Sanctions imposed by the United States are a major headache for civil aviation in Iran, even for the country's main airliner Iran Air (Homa).
Unconfirmed reports say one third of Iranian planes can no longer be used and have been the reason for crashes in recent years.
Relevant spare parts are manufactured inside Iran or purchased on the black market.
Bangkok Post, today
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Mahan is a privately owned budget carrier. Main competitor is Iran Air. The standard of Mahan used to be above Iran Air’s.
Mahan Air is providing flights from Europe to Bangkok via Teheran.
more details:
www.airlinequality.com/Forum/mahanair.htm (http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/mahanair.htm)
www.mahan.aero (http://www.mahan.aero)
Tehran (dpa) - Iran's Mahan Air on Sunday rejected claims by the British Department for Transport that the airline was unsafe, the Mehr news agency reported.
Mahan Air General Manager Hamd Arabnejad told Mehr that all the airline's planes were safe and accused the British side to cause a ballyhoo through groundless claims.
Mahan Air was on Friday asked by British transportation authorities to suspend its five weekly flights between Tehran and Manchester over safety concerns.
Arabnejad said his airlines would carefully follow up the case.
The Tehran-based network of Mahan Air, which began operations in 1992, has 21 destinations in 10 countries, including Dusseldorf, Germany.
Sanctions imposed by the United States are a major headache for civil aviation in Iran, even for the country's main airliner Iran Air (Homa).
Unconfirmed reports say one third of Iranian planes can no longer be used and have been the reason for crashes in recent years.
Relevant spare parts are manufactured inside Iran or purchased on the black market.
Bangkok Post, today
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Mahan is a privately owned budget carrier. Main competitor is Iran Air. The standard of Mahan used to be above Iran Air’s.
Mahan Air is providing flights from Europe to Bangkok via Teheran.
more details:
www.airlinequality.com/Forum/mahanair.htm (http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/mahanair.htm)
www.mahan.aero (http://www.mahan.aero)