launch date – may 1944 but commenced febuary 1951.
country – iran
history – the national airline of iran has survived sanctions and is nationalsied at the time but safety concerns have lead to them being banned from the eu.
hubs – tehran, bander abbas, isfahan, mashad, miraz
destinations – a lot are suspended or terminated kabul, baku, ahmadabad, mumbai, baghdad, many iran cities, kuwati, karachi, lahore, quetta, doha, damman, omstanbul, dubai and many seasonal routes.
fleet – a300 (one of last operators), a310 (same), a319, a320, a3121, a330, atr-72, fooker 100
alliance – n/a
crashes 655 (1988) is the most famoous caused by the us shooting down the plane awfully. 291 (1980) 277 (2011) and 742 (same year),
personal experience – n/a
next time – etihad