Iran Aseman Airlines

Merger and early Days

The airline was established and started operating in 1980 following the merger of several airlines, Air Taxi Company, Pars Air Services Company, Hoor Asseman Airlines, Helicopter Company of Iran and Helicopter Service Company of Iran, on June 30th 1980 the airline commenced operations.

The airline in the 1990's operated aircraft like the Fokker F 28 for jet services and the Fokker F 27 for regional services, one Fokker F 27 was written off in 1990.

The airline in 1994 had a fleet consisting of 36 aircraft, while most of these were light aircraft the Boeing 727 was in the fleet making it the first large jet aircraft in the Iran Aseman Airlines fleet.

The airline's first major accident happened when a Fokker F 28 crashed in 1994 when both its engines were contaminated with fuel. At the time the airline was known as Iran Asseman Airlines which later dropped one of the Ss in its name.

The 2000s

In January 2001 the airline changed its name from Iran Asseman Airlines to Iran Aseman Airlines. In the 2000s the airline retired its Fokker F 28 fleet. March 2007, it was owned by Iranian Civil Pension Fund Investment Company and had 298 employees. It has since been privatized.

2010s

In August 2014, Iran Aseman Airlines made changed the combination of its logo and livery to the current version. The design was prepared by a designer from Mashhad named Saeed Khosrovan, and was soon implemented on all aircraft operated by the airline. In the same year the Dassault Falcon 20E was lost in an accident.

In July 2016, the CEO of the airline was issued an arrest warrant because of an alleged sum of approximately $37 million in public debts to Iran Airports & Air Navigation Company. In 2016 the airline was the second largest in Iran by fleet size with 35 aircraft, only behind Mahan with 51.

In February 2017, it emerged that Aseman Airlines was in talks with an Irish firm to lease seven Airbus A320neos. In April 2017, the airline signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Boeing for the purchase of 30 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft with options for another 30 aircraft. In June 2017, Iran Aseman Airlines signed a final deal to buy 30 Boeing 737 MAX jets. In June 2018, Boeing announced it would not be able to deliver any aircraft to Iranian airlines due to the US's sanctions against Iran.

On 13 January 2019, the airline operated the last Boeing 727 commercial passenger flight worldwide.

2020s

In 2023 the airline partnered with Chabahar Airlines for an MRO deal. The airline in May of 2025 was set to restructure, and add aircraft. In 2025 the airline won three court cases for three Fokker 100 engines. The same year the troubled Aseman would attempt to gain investors to help grow the fleet of the airline.

A scandal emerged at the airline after the airline's debt. On December 3 2025 the airline reduced its active Fokker 100 fleet down to two aircraft. In 2026 the airline reduced its fleet to three aircraft, the airline's staff have also not been paid for months. After 120 days Aseman resumed operations with three aircraft on May 12, 2026 using a Fokker 100 as flight 3790. On July 8 2026 MPs would demand that Iran Aseman Airlines would pay it's staff that have not been paid for months. Aseman has not fully paid the staff yet.