Kish Air (in Persian: کیش ایر) is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates international, domestic and charter routes as a scheduled carrier. Persian (known variously as: فارسی Fârsi or پارسی Pârsi, local name in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Tajik, a Central Asian dialect, or Dari, another local name in Tajikistan and Afghanistan) is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Map of Iran and surrounding lands, showing location of Tehran The towering Alborz mountains rising above modern Elahiyeh district and its green neighborhoods. ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: Y9
• ICAO Code: IRK
• Callsign: Kish Air

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History

The airline was established on December 16, 1989 and started operations in 1989. It is owned by Kish Free Zone Organisation (79%), Kish Investment and Development (11%) and Kish Development and Servicing (10%). December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Kish Air is also closely connected with a chain of professionally maintained and well regarded English language institutes located in major cities throughout Iran bearing its name. They were originally established solely to teach their own employees English, but were eventually opened up to the public as demand sharply increased for quality English language instruction. Though the airline itself ceased ownership of the institutes long ago, the chain retains the name and Kish Air pilots and flight attendants continue to be sent there for language instruction. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Services

Kish Air operates the following services (at January 2005): 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Abadan, Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Kish Island, Mashad, Shiraz and Tehran.

• International scheduled destinations: Bahrain, Copenhagen, Dubai and Muscat.

Abadan (آبادان in Persian) is a city in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran (Persia). ... Categories: Iran geography stubs | Cities in Iran | Coastal cities ... Part of Shah Abbas large urban project in his new capital, the Chahār Bāgh Four Gardens, is a four-kilometer avenue in the city of Isfahan. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and conform with our NPOV policy, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Imam Reza Shrine Tomb of Nader Shah Afshar, a popular tourist attraction in Mashad. ... Shiraz Airport is found in Shiraz, Iran. ... Map of Iran and surrounding lands, showing location of Tehran The towering Alborz mountains rising above modern Elahiyeh district and its green neighborhoods. ... Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ... The Burj al-Arab hotel has become an architectural icon of Dubai. ... Several things are known as Muscat: Muscat, or Mascat is the capital of the Sultanate of Oman, also known as sultanate of Muscat. ...

Fleet

The Kish Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005):

• 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83
• 6 Fokker 50
• 4 Tupolev Tu-154M

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External links

• Kish Air