New livery for Iran Aseman Boeing 727 airliner

Above: Iran Aseman Airlines Boeing 727-228/Adv, reg. EP-ASD (cn 22085/1665)

This aircraft photographed by S.M.J.Tabib on 03MAR15 at Tehran - Mehrabad International (THR / OIII), displaying updated Iran Aseman Airlines livery.

Aircraft originally constructed in 1980 and operated by Air France, reg. F-GCDE.

Iran Aseman Airlines currently operates four Boeing 727-200 series passenger jets.

Another aviation observer has pointed out this aircraft's Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines are not fitted with hush kits; likely unavailable to Iranian carriers due to sanctions.

Iran Aseman's A320 aircraft wet leased from Kam Air

                                                     Operator: Iran Aseman Airlines (Kam Air)

                                                     Aircraft: Airbus A320-231

                                                     Reg: YA-KMA (cn 480)

                                                     Location: Zahedan International (ZAH / OIZH)

                                                     Date: 06JUL14

                                                     Photographer: A. Mahgoli

Notes: Aircraft wet leased to Iran Aseman Airlines by Kam Air, hence flag of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan seen on fuselage below registration.

This A320-200 series aircraft constructed in 1994.

Fokker agrees to pay $21 million penalty for selling aircraft parts to Iran

 

Above: maintenance being performed on an Iran Air Fokker 100 (F-28-0100)

According to the New York Times (05JUN14):

A unit of Fokker Technologies of the Netherlands, a leading aerospace company and Pentagon contractor, has agreed to pay $21 million in penalties to settle accusations that it repeatedly violated American sanctions on sales of aircraft parts to Iran and Sudan, the United States government announced Thursday.

A statement by the Treasury Department, which oversees compliance with sanctions, said the unit, Fokker Services, had agreed to pay a $10.5 million civil penalty to the Treasury and Commerce Departments and another $10.5 million under a deferred-prosecution agreement with the Justice Department. The statement said the company, which could have been liable for a potential $51 million in penalties, had accepted “responsibility for its egregious conduct involving over 1,150 alleged violations of U.S. sanctions.”

The Treasury statement said that from 2005 to 2010, the company indirectly exported or re-exported aircraft spare parts to Iranian or Sudanese customers without the required licensing by government authorities. The settlement covered 1,112 apparent violations of Iranian sanctions and 41 apparent violations of Sudanese sanctions.

A number of Iran civil carriers operate the Fokker 100 (F-28-0100) including Iran Air, Iran Aseman Airlines and Qeshm Airlines, while the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Aviation operates Fokker F-27-400M Troopships

Below: IRINA Fokker F-27-400M Troopship

File photos: Mehrad Watson and Shari(Shahram)

Hard Landing at Zahedan

The pilot of an Iran Aseman airliner managed to make hard landing at Zahedan airport after the plane’s landing gears failed to open. 9 passengers were injured. The Aseman Flight 8053 with 113 passengers and crew members onboard had originated in Mashhad. (IRNA, 10 May)

Photo credit: Iran Aseman airplane after making hard landing at Zahedan airport. (Abtin Risbaf/ISNA)

Updated livery for Iran Aseman A340

Updated livery for Iran Aseman Airline's flagship A340-311, reg: EP-APA (cn 002), landing at Stockholm - Arlanda (ARN / ESSA) on Dec. 29, 2013. Photo by Oscar Wistrand.

 

Iran Aseman EP-APA previously seen last Fall receiving attention at the airline's maintenance hangar facility at Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport (IFN / OIFM). Photo by Azin Haghini at FARS News Agency.

Iran Aseman Airline refurbished ATR 72

Iran Aseman Airline reportedly refurbished ATR ATR-72-500 (ATR-72-212A), registration EP-ATX (cn 573) at Shahid Dastghaib International Airport (SYZ / OISS).

Iran Aseman Airline technician tending Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127F turboprop engine

Cockpit of refurbished Iran Aseman Airline ATR 72

Passenger compartment of refurbished Iran Aseman Airline ATR 72

Left: partial exterior view of an Iran Aseman Airline maintenance hangar facility

Photos: Mohammad Reza Dehdari at Mehr News Agency

Inside Iran Aseman Airline's maintenance hangar facility

View inside the Iran Aseman Airline's maintenance hangar facility at Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport (IFN / OIFM).

Iran Aseman Fokker 100 (F-28-0100), reg: EP-ASI (cn 11519) appearing in a stage of refurbishment

Center: Iran Aseman Airbus A340-311, reg: EP-APA (cn 002). This aircraft flew Iran President Rouhani to New York to address United Nations General Assembly.

Iran Aseman Airbus A340-311 cowling doors seen in open position

EP-APA remains one of the oldest examples of Airbus A340 still in service

Iran Aseman Airbus A340-311 bulk and aft cargo compartment doors in the open position

Iran Aseman Fokker 100 (F-28-0100), reg: EP-ASM (cn 11433)

Appears somebody's supplying their technicians with cans of American-brand WD-40

Photos: Azin Haghighi at FARS News Agency

Rouhani charters Iran Aseman A340 for UN trip

 

President Rouhani departs Tehran aboard a chartered Iran Aseman Airlines Airbus A340-311 bound for New York City and the United Nations General Assembly.

                                    Operator: Iran Aseman Airlines
                                    Aircraft type: Airbus A340-311
                                    Reg: EP-APA (cn 002)
                                    Date: Sept. 23, 2013
                                    Notes: Aircraft is one of the oldest A340 types in the world still currently flying.
                                    Iran National Football Team support emblem removed from fuselage for
                                    presidential flight.

Photo: Mahdi Marizad at FARS News Agency