{{Short description|Airline in Iran}} {{Infobox airline | airline = Taban Air | logo = Taban Airlines official logo.png | logo_size = 100 | image = File:Taban Airlines, EP-TBE, McDonnell Douglas MD-88 (39922009982).jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = Taban Air MD-88 | IATA = HH | ICAO = TBM | callsign = TABAN AIR | founded = {{Start date and age|2005}} | commenced = {{Start date and age|2006}} | ceased = | hubs = * Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport * Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport * Tehran Mehrabad Airport | focus_cities = * Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport | frequent_flyer = | lounge = | alliance = | subsidiaries = | fleet_size = 5<ref>{{Cite web | title= شرکت هواپیمایی تابان| url=https://taban.aero/knowledge.asp?ctype=fleet&lang=fa&title=ناوگان_پروازی | access-date=2025-08-18 | website=taban.aero}}</ref> | destinations = 33 | parent = | headquarters = Mashhad, Iran | key_people = Cpt. Asghar Abdollahpour (Chairman, CEO) | website = https://taban.aero/?lang=en }}
'''Taban Air''' ({{langx|fa|هواپیمایی تابان}}, ''Havâpeymâyi-ye Tâbân''), officially known as Taban Airlines, is an airline headquartered in the Ekbatan Complex in Tehran, Iran,<ref>"[http://taban.aero/en/contact-us.html Contact us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517151449/https://taban.aero/en/contact-us.html |date=2021-05-17 }}." Taban Air. Retrieved on 30 November 2012. "NO. 10, Fiat Alley, Ekbatan Main Boulevard, 1st Phase, Ekbatan Complex, Tehran " - [http://taban.aero/contact-us.html Persian] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117091409/http://taban.aero/contact-us.html |date=2012-11-17 }}: "تهران _ شهرک اکباتان – فاز1 _ بلوار اصلی _ کوچه فیات _ پلاک 10"</ref> with its main operational base in Mashhad. It operates international, domestic, and charter routes as a scheduled carrier.
==History== The airline operates domestic and international flights and was founded in 2005, beginning operations in 2006. Taban Air initially started as a charter airline but later expanded to offer scheduled flights, and was founded by Captain Asghar Abdollahpour.
In 2016 the airline added it's singular Boeing 757 which was removed in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taban Airlines & Iran's Only EP- 757 |url=https://www.yesterdaysairlines.com/airline-history-blog/taban-airlines-irans-only-ep-757}}</ref>In 2023 the airline began flights to Karachi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iran’s Taban Air starts flight operation |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2449882/irans-taban-air-starts-flight-operation}}</ref> In 2025 it was reported that Taban Air leased an MD 82 to Iranian airline LAD Airways.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LAD Airways receives 1 MD 82 from Taban Air |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/158341-irans-taban-air-adds-first-md-82-for-lad-airways-ops}}</ref>
==Fleet== [[File:Taban Airlines, EP-TBH, Airbus A310-304 (21354873782).jpg|right|thumb|Taban Air Airbus A310-300]] ===Current fleet=== {{As of|2025|8}}, Taban Air operates the following aircraft:<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Global Airline Guide 2025 - Taban Air |magazine=Airliner World |date=September 2025 |page=62}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center" |+ Taban Air Fleet |- !rowspan="2"|Aircraft !rowspan="2" |In Service !rowspan="2" |Orders !colspan="3"|Passengers !rowspan="2" |Notes |- !<abbr title=Business>C</abbr> !<abbr title=Economy>Y</abbr> !Total |- |Boeing 737-400 |1 |— |— |168 |168 | |- |McDonnell Douglas MD-88 |4 |— |— |165 |165 | |- !Total !5 !— ! colspan="4" | |}
===Former fleet=== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center" |+ Taban Air Fleet{{cn|date=April 2024}} |- !rowspan="2"|Aircraft !rowspan="2" |In Service !rowspan="2" |Orders !colspan="3"|Passengers !rowspan="2" |Notes |- !<abbr title=Business>C</abbr> !<abbr title=Economy>Y</abbr> !Total |- |Tupolev 154 |11 |— |— ||–– |154 | |- |Boeing 757-200|| align="center" | 1 ||align=center |— |— |— |245 | |- |BAE 146|| align=center|1 ||align=center |— |— |— |165 | |- |Airbus A310-300|| align="center" | 1 ||align=center |— |— |— |300 | |- !Total !14 !— ! colspan="4" | |}
==Destinations== Taban Air has 15 domestic destinations and 18 international destinations {| class="wikitable" |+Destinations of Taban Air !Country !City !Airport !Notes |- | rowspan="15" |{{Flagu|Iran}} | rowspan="2" |Tehran |Mehrabad International Airport |{{Airline hub}} |- |Imam Khomeini International Airport |{{Airline hub}} |- |Mashhad |Mashhad Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport |{{Airline hub}} |- |Shiraz |Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport | |- |Isfahan |Isfahan Shahid Beheshti International Airport | |- |Karaj |Payam International Airport | |- |Ahvaz |Qasem Soleimani International Airport | |- |Kish Island |Kish International Airport | |- |Qeshm Island |Qeshm International Airport | |- |Rasht |Rasht Airport | |- |Kerman |Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Airport | |- |Tabriz |Tabriz Shahid Madani International Airport | |- |Bandar Abbas |Bandar Abbas International Airport | |- |Zahedan |Zahedan Airport | |- |Urmia |Urmia Shahid Bakeri International Airport | |- | rowspan="2" |{{Flagu|Iraq}} |Baghdad |Baghdad International Airport | |- |Najaf |Al Najaf International Airport | |- | rowspan="2" |{{Flagu|Oman}} |Muscat |Muscat International Airport | |- |Sohar |Sohar Airport | |- | rowspan="2" |{{Flagu|Georgia}} |Tbilisi |Tbilisi International Airport | |- |Batumi |Batumi International Airport | |- |{{Flagu|United Arab Emirates}} |Dubai |Dubai International Airport | |- |{{Flagu|Afghanistan}} |Kabul |Kabul International Airport | |- |{{Flagu|Syria}} |Damascus |Damascus International Airport | |- |{{Flagu|Turkey}} |Istanbul |Istanbul Airport | |- |{{Flagu|Ukraine}} |Kyiv |Kyiv International Airport |{{Terminated|Suspended}} |- | rowspan="2" |{{Flagu|Russia}} |Moscow |Sheremetyevo International Airport | |- |Saint Petersburg |Pulkovo Airport | |- |{{Flagu|China}} |Guangzhou |Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | |- | rowspan="4" |{{Flagu|Uzbekistan}} |Tashkent |Tashkent International Airport | |- |Samarkand |Samarkand International Airport | |- |Bukhara |Bukhara International Airport | |- |Fergana |Fergana International Airport | |- |{{Flagu|Vietnam}} |Nha Trang |Cam Ranh International Airport | |- |{{Flagu|Thailand}} |Phuket |Phuket International Airport | |- | rowspan="2" |{{Flagu|Saudi Arabia}} |Jeddah |King Abdulaziz International Airport | |- |Medina |Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport | |- |{{Flagu|Spain}} |Madrid |Madrid–Barajas Airport | |}
==Incidents and accidents== *On 24 January 2010, Taban Air Flight 6437, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashed whilst making an emergency landing at Mashhad International Airport due to a medical emergency; all 157 passengers and 13 crew survived the accident with 42 receiving minor injuries.<ref>[http://avherald.com/h?article=426402c1&opt=0 Taban Air Flight 6437]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8477389.stm Iranian plane catches fire on landing]</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/24/iran.plane.fire/index.html?iref=allsearch Plane catches fire trying to land in Iran]</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category-inline|Taban Air}} *{{Official website}} *[http://taban.aero/?lang=en Taban Air] *[http://taban.aero/ Taban Air] {{in lang|fa}}
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