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1946
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A group of Iranian businessmen formed the Iranian Airways Company, which operated domestic and regional freights, as well as weekly fright services to Europe. It fleet consisted of Dc-3's, Dc-4's and Viscounts.
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1954
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A second private airline was formed, Persian Air Services. Initially it operated only freight services to Europe, but in 1960 it commenced passenger services to several European destinations using leased equipment
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1962
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The two private airlines were merged and IranAir was formed as a public sector venture by acquiring the merged assets and liabilities of the two predecessor companies. It was formally called Iran National Airlines
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1964
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IranAir joined IATA
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1965
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IranAir's first Boeing 727-100 jet aircraft was introduced in European services
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1968
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Iran Air's fleet consisted of 4 Boeing 727-100 plus the older generation of piston- engine aircraft
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1971
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The first of four Boeing 737 was added to the fleet
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1974
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The first of five Boeing 727-200 was added to the fleet
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1976
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Boeing 747's were introduced to the fleet and Iran Air stretched its wings still further to the Far East and distant west
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1980
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The first of six new Airbus 300-B2K was added to the fleet
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1981
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Iran Air's formal name was changed to The Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Carried 1.7 million passengers in this year
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1990
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The first of six Fokker-100 was added to the fleet. Five more joined the fleet later
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1992
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Iran Air Tours, which was a subsidiary company of Iran Air, operating tours, started its operation as an airline using leased aircraft
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1994
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Two new Airbus 300-600 were added to the fleet
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2001
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One Airbus 310-300 and 5 Airbus 310-200 were added to the fleet. Iran Air is still growing.
Together with Iran Air Tours carried 7.9 million passengers in this year
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2002
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One Airbus 310-200 was added to the fleet
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2004
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One Airbus 310-300 was added to the fleet
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2005
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2 Airbus 300-600 were added to the fleet.
Iran Air & Iran Air Tours carried 8.05 million passengers.
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| 2006 |
Iran Air & Iran Air Tours carried 8.94 million passengers.
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