{{Short description|Iranian airline}} {{Infobox airline | airline = Saha Airlines<br>هواپیمایی ساها | image = Boeing 747-2J9F EP-SHB (6736105671).jpg | caption = Boeing 747-200 | IATA = - | ICAO = IRZ | callsign = SAHA | founded = {{Start date and age|1990}} | commenced = | bases = Mehrabad International Airport | secondary_hubs = | focus_cities = Persian Gulf Airport | frequent_flyer = | lounge = | alliance = | subsidiaries = | fleet_size = 4 | destinations = 15 | parent = {{nowrap|Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force}} | company_slogan = | headquarters = Tehran, Iran | key_people = | website = {{url|sahaair.com}} | aoc = | hubs = | num_employees = }} '''Saha Airlines''' ({{langx|fa| هواپیمایی ساها}}, ''Havâpeymâyi-ye Sâhâ'') is an Iranian airline based in Tehran that operates scheduled domestic flights. It is owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force and banned from the European Union.

==History== Saha Airlines was established in 1990 and is wholly owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force. It operates domestic passenger services as well as cargo charters.<ref name=AirlinerWorld>Saha's 707 squadron ''Airliner World'' March 2026 pages 58-63</ref>

Saha Airlines was the last civil operator of the Boeing 707 in the world.<ref name=AirlinerWorld/><ref name=ch13>{{cite web|title=Last B707 operator Saha Air suspends operations once more|url=http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/news/18247-last-b707-operator-saha-air-suspends-operations-once-more|publisher=ch-aviation.ch|access-date=April 21, 2013}}</ref>

On 3 May 2013, all flight operations were suspended.<ref name=ch13/> Saha Airlines began operating again in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-03 |title=Saha Airlines Boeing 707 mistakenly lands at Fath Airport, Iran |url=https://www.tinn.ir/Section-aviation-141/180941-saha-airlines-boeing-mistakenly-lands-at-fath-airport-iran |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Tinnews |language=en}}</ref>

In October 2024. the European Union sanctioned Saha Airlines in response to Iran’s shipments of missiles and drones to Russia for the war in Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-14 |title=EU targets 14 Iranian individuals and entities for providing missiles to Russia |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/10/14/eu-targets-14-iranian-individuals-and-entities-for-providing-missiles-to-russia |website=Euronews}}</ref>

==Destinations== Saha Airlines serves the following destinations (as of April 2023):{{cn|date=March 2024}}

{|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Country ! City ! Airport ! Notes ! Refs |- |rowspan=15|Iran||Ahvaz||Qasem Soleimani International Airport||align=center| ||align=center| |- |Asaluyeh||Persian Gulf Airport||align=center| ||align=center| |- |Bandar Abbas||Bandar Abbas International Airport||align=center| ||align=center| |- |Bushehr||Bushehr Airport||align=center| ||align=center| |- |Isfahan||Shahid Beheshti International Airport||align=center| ||align=center| |- |Kish||Kish International Airport||align=center| ||align=center| |- |Lavan Island||Lavan Airport||align=center| ||align=center| |- |Mashhad||Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport||align=center| ||align=center| |- |Qeshm||Qeshm International Airport||align=center| ||align=center| |- |Rasht||Rasht Airport||align=center| ||align=center| |- |Sari||Dasht-e Naz Airport||align=center| ||align=center| |- |Shiraz||Shahid Dastgheib International Airport||align=center| ||align=center| |- |Tabriz||Shahid Madani International Airport||align=center| ||align=center| |- |Tehran||Mehrabad International Airport||{{Airline hub}}||align=center| |- |Yazd||Shahid Sadooghi Airport||align=center| ||align=center| |- |}

==Fleet== ===Current fleet=== [[File:Saha Airlines 2.jpg|thumb|Saha Airlines Boeing 737-300]] {{As of|2025|8}}, Saha Airlines operates the following aircraft:<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Global Airline Guide 2025 - Saha Airlines |magazine=Airliner World |date=September 2025 |page=62}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto" |+ Saha Airlines Fleet |- !Aircraft !In service !Orders !Notes |- |Boeing 737-300 |align=center|3 |align=center|&mdash; | |- |Boeing 747-200F |align=center|1 |align=center|&mdash; |Cargo |- !Total !4 !&mdash; ! |}

===Former fleet=== [[File:Saha Air Boeing 707 Haghgoo-1.jpg|thumb|A former Saha Airlines Boeing 707-300 in 2011]] Saha Airlines formerly also operated the following aircraft types:{{Cn|date=May 2025}}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto" |+ Saha Airlines Former Fleet |- !Aircraft !Year Retired !Notes |- | Airbus A300-600 | 2012 | Transferred to Meraj Airlines |- | Boeing 707-300<ref name=ch13/> | 2019 | Crashed in 2019 while on a cargo flight. Was the last commercial 707 in service. |- | Boeing 747-100F | 2008 | Transferred to Iran Air Force |- !Total ! ! |}

==Accidents and incidents== *On 20 April 2005, Saha Airlines Flight 171, a Boeing 707-320C, registration EP-SHE, flying from Kish Island, crashed on landing at Mehrabad Airport, Tehran following an unstabilised approach with a higher than recommended airspeed. Gears and/or a tire failed after touchdown and the flight overran the far end of the runway. Of the 12 crew and 157 passengers on board, three passengers died.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20050420-0 Saha Air Flight 171 crash report]</ref> *On 14 Jan 2019, a Boeing 707 freighter crashed near Karaj, Iran<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/869570/%D8%B3%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B7-%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86 |title=سقوط هواپیما حوالی صفادشت تهران}}</ref> The plane was supposed to land at Payam International Airport, but the crew mistakenly landed at Fath Air Base. Of the 16 people on board, only one survived. The aircraft was the last 707 in commercial service worldwide.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karimi |first1=Nasser |last2=Gambrell |first2=Jon |title=Cargo plane crash in Iran kills 15, leaves 1 survivor |url=https://www.apnews.com/ac693fb74e4840bebcdfc6e90766e3e2 |access-date=25 April 2019 |work=AP News|agency=Associated Press |date=14 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425210453/https://apnews.com/ac693fb74e4840bebcdfc6e90766e3e2 |archive-date=25 April 2019|url-status=live |language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category-inline|Saha Airlines}}

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