Kish Air
IranAbout the airline
Kish Air (Y9/IRK) is Iran's first private airline, founded in 1989 and based on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf with operations through Tehran's Mehrabad Airport. It operates scheduled domestic and international services across the Middle East and beyond.
Fleet
Kish Air (IATA: Y9, ICAO: IRK) was established on December 16, 1989, and commenced operations the following year, making it Iran's first private company to receive an Air Operator Certificate from the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran in 1991. The airline is headquartered on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf, with primary operations based at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport hub.
The airline's network spans 27 destinations across the Middle East and beyond, including scheduled services to Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Damascus, Istanbul, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq, and Turkey. This mix of domestic and international routes positions Kish Air as a regional carrier connecting Iran to major Gulf and Eastern Mediterranean gateways.
Kish Air operates a fleet of nine aircraft comprising Airbus models (A320 and A321) alongside older Douglas and Fokker turboprops. This mixed-generation fleet reflects both modern widebody capacity on key international routes and established, proven aircraft for regional and secondary services.