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Karun Airlines

Karun Airlines (formerly Iranian Naft Airlines) is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates cargo and passenger scheduled and charter services within Iran and to neighbouring regions. Its main bases are Tehran Mehrabad Airport and Ahvaz International Airport with secondary bases at Bandar Abbas International Airport, Isfahan International Airport and Shiraz International Airport.[1]

Karun Airlines
هواپیمایی کارون
Havâpeymâyi-ye Kârun
Karun Airlines Fokker F-100
IATA ICAO Call sign
NV IRG Karun
Founded1992; 34 years ago (1992)
Operating bases
Fleet size?
Destinations22
HeadquartersAhvaz, Iran & Tehran, Iran
Key people
  • M. Parvanezadeh (CEO)
S.AMIRMOKRI(Managing Director)
Websitehttps://www.karunair.ir

History

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Former logo from 2022.

The airline was established and started operations in 1992. In 2004 it officially became known as Iranian Naft Airline. Owned and operated by the Retirement Organization of National Iranian Oil Company, it has more than 600 employees.[1]

In September 2017, it was announced that the airline was to be renamed as Karun Airlines.[2] In the same year the airline added it's 737 fleet.[3] In 2019 it was sold.[4] In 2022 the airline began it's Boeing 737 operations. In 2023 the airline was planning to add the Boeing 777 to it's fleet.[5] In 2024 the airline added it's first Boeing 737-300.[6] The airline in the same year looked to finance new engines on it's fleet.[7]

In 2026 multiple Fokker F 50 aircraft owned by Karun Airlines were destroyed in a bombing along with a Pars Air aircraft.[8]

Destinations

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As of August 2025, Karun Airlines serves the following destinations:

Country City Airport Notes Refs
IranAhvazQasem Soleimani International AirportHub
AsaluyehPersian Gulf Airport
KermanshahKermanshah International Airport
Bandar AbbasBandar Abbas International Airport
BushehrBushehr Airport
DezfulDezful Airport
IsfahanShahid Beheshti International Airport
KhargKharg Airport
KishKish International Airport
LamerdLamerd International Airport
Lavan IslandLavan Airport
MahshahrMahshahr Airport
MashhadShahid Hasheminejad International Airport
RashtRasht Airport
ShirazShahid Dastgheib International Airport
Sirri IslandSirri Island Airport
TabrizShahid Madani International Airport
TehranMehrabad International AirportHub
YazdShahid Sadooghi Airport
KuwaitKuwait CityKuwait International Airport
OmanMuscatMuscat International AirportTerminated
United Arab EmiratesDubaiDubai International AirportTerminated
TurkeyIstanbulIstanbul Airport

Fleet

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Current fleet

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As of August 2025, Karun Airlines operates the following aircraft:[9]

Karun Airlines fleet
Aircraft In
service		 Orders Passengers Notes
Fokker 50 2 — 50
Fokker 100 4 — 100
Boeing 737-300 4 _ 149
Total 10 —

Former fleet

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The airline previously operated a Boeing 737-300, leased from Khors Aircompany.

Accident

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  • In 2026 multiple Fokker F 50s of the airline was destroyed[8]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 94.
  2. ↑ "Iran's Naft Airlines rebrands as Karun Airlines".
  3. ↑ "Iran's Karun Airlines adds first B737-500".
  4. ↑ "Iran's Karun Airlines sold".
  5. ↑ "Iran's Karun Airlines to add first B777".
  6. ↑ "Iran's Karun Airlines adds new 737-300".
  7. ↑ "Iran's Karun Airlines looks to raise financing for engines".
  8. 1 2 "Karun Airlines Fokker 50s, Pars Air aircraft destroyed".
  9. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Karun Airlines". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 62.
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