At April 17 2025 Iran Air added two A330’s to its fleet despite sanctions. EP-IJC is former B-LNK and VP-CLN and EP-IJD/VP-CLI is former B-LNL. VP-CLI could be tracked by Flightradar. VP-CLN not.
Both aircraft were stored at Haikou airport in China for around 1 year. At April 2 2025 the aircraft flew to Muscat for maintenance. Their VP- registrations where used in the flightplan. At April 17 the aircraft flew from Muscat to Tehran.
Iranian airlines have found several ways to add Boeing and Airbus aircraft to their fleet despite sanctions. Former Siam Air Boeing 737-300 HS-BRU flew on May 19 from Bangkok to Tabriz International airport. The aircraft was stored at Bangkok since 1 Jul 2017. The new registration is said to be EP-TAI. Former Siam Air Boeing…
On July 15, 2025 five Boeing 777-200 aircraft flew from Siem Reap in Cambodja to various airports in Iran. Despite international sanction Iran once again was able to acquire Boeing aircraft. An overview of many aircraft which were smuggled into Iran can be found here. Update December 9, 2025: The first Boeing 777-200 for Mahan…
At the same time, two aircraft that had been parked for a long period in the United States are also being flown to Africa for a new owner. What exactly these aircraft will be doing there remains unknown. On April 28, the former Kalitta Boeing 727 freighter N725CK began its ferry flight from Oscoda toward…
Another Boeing 737-300 was delivered to Iran! Boeing 737-300 EP-PPB flew on January 5 2023 from Minsk to Tehran as flight SPN8344 using hex code 60111B. The aircraft was photographed in Minsk in an all white livery. ‘SPN’ is the three letter code of Iranian HESA Airlines. The actual airline which might be using the…
This is a developing story On September 4, an Boeing 737-400 aircraft, registered as either T7-HRA, is believed to have been secretly delivered to an Iranian airline. The jet departed Muscat, Oman, and once it entered Iranian airspace, its transponder signal disappeared. The aircraft carried a San Marino registration. In other cases flags of convenience…
Update: August 21, 2024. All four aircraft were ferried to Minsk in Belarus. Update: August 23, 2024. corrected type of aircraft. C5-TAA is an A320. Added news on A320 flown from Belarus to Tehran as YK-BAC. update: June 3, 2025: One of the three A330s has been painted in Belavia colours. Cabincrew was trained by…