Mahan Air takes delivery of total of seven A340-600s

Iran’s Yazd Air conducts maiden commercial flight

Yazd Air (Yazd) - a new privately-owned airline based at Yazd Airport in central Iran - operated its first flight on the evening of February 17, initially as a virtual carrier using Mahan Air (W5, Tehran Mehrabad) as a production carrier, Iran’s IRNA and Fars news agencies reported.

It deployed BAe 146-300 EP-MOM (msn E3165) acquired from Mahan Air for the inaugural flight, from Tehran Imam Khomeini to Yazd. Besides the BAe Systems quadjet, the Yazd Air fleet will consist of two E145s and two A310-300s.

According to the Iranian transport site Tinn News, the two Embraer planes were recently ferried into the country and are currently being transferred to the local register. The two Airbus jets were, like the BAe 146, purchased from Mahan Air.

According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, of Mahan Air’s fleet of 41 aircraft, ten are A310-300s and four are BAe 146-300s. EP-MOM has been in the fleet since June 2013, before which it was UR-CJJ...

US warns Türkiye over servicing Russian, Belarus carriers

Turkish airport ground handler Havaş has warned Russian and Belarusian airlines that it may no longer be able to serve around 180 Boeing and other aircraft due to United States sanctions, Russia’s RBK TV channel reported.

The ban would include refuelling, maintenance, and repair of any aircraft in which more than 25% of American parts and technologies have been used - a general de-minimis rule for what constitutes a US product.

The development follows the emergence of reports last week that Washington was leaning on Türkiye to stop Russian carriers from operating flights there with Boeing jets, as it tries to more comprehensively enforce sanctions imposed on Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine last February.

TAV Airports-owned Havaş, Türkiye’s largest ground handler, dispatched a letter to Russia dated January 31 saying: “We are running a due-diligence process to identify the risks and consequences to our business and stakeholders. As a result of this, we may find ourselves unable to serve some or all of your flights.”

The letter, which circulated on social media channels...

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