Zagrosjet
Zagrosjet is an airline headquartered in Erbil, capital of the autonomous region of Kurdistan Regional Government, which operated scheduled and chartered international passenger and cargo flights. The airline suspended all flight operations due to blockade on Erbil airport post Kirdistan referendum period. Now the airline is in negotiations to resume the flights.
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Founded | October 2005 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | March 2018 (as Zagros Air) | ||||||
Operating bases | Erbil International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
Destinations | 5 | ||||||
Headquarters | Erbil, Iraq | ||||||
Website | zagrosjet |
History
The Airline takes its name from the Zagros Mountains. Zagrosjet was established in October 2005 by Zagros Group under the name Zagros Air. It was licensed as an Air Carrier by Ministry of Transportation – Iraq in June 2013 to perform scheduled and unscheduled flights for passenger and cargo. In August 2013 the airline changed its name to Zagrosjet to avoid confusion with Zagros Airlines of Iran. Zagrosjet launched its flight operations in 2013 with a network covering Middle East destinations, Europe and Turkey.
Destinations
As of February 2016 Zagrosjet offers scheduled flights to the following destinations:
Asia
Fleet
One Airbus A321-231 leased from Onur Air, registered as TC-OBJ.