Pictory

How amusing of you

G. Rahmanian, I have been waiting all my life to visit Iran. It will be so awesome standing on the seashore of the Caspian Sea. It would be so great to finally meet all my Iranian friends in Iran.

Solh va Doosti (paz a vosotros)

Nadia

WOW!!

That was great to watch!!

A bit of trivia:

Iran Air was the first airline to purchase the 747SP, acquiring airframes 20998 and 20999. PanAm somehow received their first SP a week before Iran Air had theirs delivered.

The JFK-Mehrabad flight was the longest nonstop commercial flight until Moussavi and his henchmen ended it.

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There was a guy at the Iran Air ticket counter at JFK who would try to extract some extra money from passengers, stating that their luggage was "over the limit", even when it clearly was not. My mom turned the tables on him once in 1976. For $200.00, he would "overlook" the weight issue. You had to meet him around the corner from the ticket counter where no one would see. Once the agreement was made, he put the luggage on the conveyor belt. Seeing that, my mom met him and gave him a tightly wound roll of $20s. By the time he unrolled it, he realized that it was only a 20 wrapped around singles. $29.00 total. What could he say? If he made a fuss, his extracurricular employment would cease to exist.

Ahh, the sweet smell of justice!!

it wont'be the same again????

that is true,it will not be the same as before,you can say anything about shah regime,but after 14 years of flying with Iran Air,between NYC-Tehran, and flying with Delta Airline for over 18 years,I would not ever compare these two Airlines.having nine flight to NYC per week through paris and london and three none stop NYC-Tehran,with most admire and well trained crew member ,( not even single accident),that was great achievement for Iran Air.but sure we did not deserved it,I am still seeing those Aircraft still flying after fourty years in service,that is shame?????may I remind that all those pilots belong to shah regim,now flying all around the world with top Airlines,with so much proud and respect.

Flying Iran Air!

Nadias,
It has taken some of us almost thirty years!

My Last Will: The Awakening

----------------We Are All Victims---

When this painful chapter in Iranian history is over, and people are ready to move on to the next one... they should all know that there is not a single Iranian who has not been a victim of this revolution-- one way or another-- that is to say when the next chapter begins there will be no single iranian is singled out to be scorned upon for his her or his past behavior...

And know that when the next chapter begins there will be not a single Iranian who would come and say "I Am at the very bottom of Society" and therefore I can't be generous and giving...

Now before that chapter begins hurry up and waste no time to blame one another because in the new time -- this delicacy of blaming...accusing...etc., will be only the relic of the past beyond and above everyone's means for achieving it...

Therefore! just head up!

late70s, Iran Air was the fastest growing airline in the world

Iran Air Golden age

> By the mid-1970s, Iran Air was serving numerous key cities in Europe with non-stop and one-stop flights (there were over 30 flights per week to London alone).

> 1972, Iran Air placed an order with British Aircraft Corporation for two Concorde supersonic jets plus one option. These orders were cancelled in April 1980 in the wake of the Revolution, making Iran Air the last airline to cancel its Concorde orders.

> 1975, the Tehran-London-New York City route was inaugurated with Boeing 707s, followed by the use of Boeing 747 and 747SP aircraft later on.
> 1978 , the airline acquired six Airbus A300B4 aircraft for use on its domestic trunk and busy regional routes. By the end of that year, Iran Air was serving 31 international destinations stretching from New York City to Beijing and Tokyo. Plans were made at that time to offer direct services to Los Angeles (!) and to Sydney, for which the airline's long range 747SP aircraft were ideally suited. This would have allowed Iran Air to use Tehran as a convenient midway point between East and West because of its home base's favourable geographical location. Such plans were never realized. (and today Emirates is doing the exact same thing...)

> late 1970s, Iran Air was the fastest growing airline in the world, and one of the most profitable. By 1976 , Iran Air was ranked second only to Qantas as the world’s safest airline, having been accident free for at least ten consecutive years. Although both airlines were accident free, Iran Air came second only because of fewer operational hours flown compared to Qantas.

Funny ;0)))

Loved the Guys German Swiss Accent.

The Motto of Iran Air in those days was : "We take you there we take you back." 

Today its : "We Take you there But You won't come back !" ;0)) 

LOL

Iranian Fligh attnedants and Nurses

Mehmandarhaye va parastarhaye irani hamisheh bitarbiat boodand va hanooz ham hastand. Engar keh az kooneh asemoon oftan paeen. Khoda nakoneh adam mohtajeshoon besheh, makhsoosan oon parastara.

Yadesh bekheir!

Good old days!

funny...

We take you there, we take you back (you hope) !!!

That's the price

There is a heavy price (sanctions) and other intentional inconveniences that IRI is enduring for its policies, but do not mistake the planes are not slower. Shah was their whore and now its not so chummy. Having done it a couple of years ago after 30 years, I must admit that its harder but as Farhad said "There is still some oil left"

Why British advertising for Iran Air?

Since it was a multinational enterprise and it wasn't totally owned by Iranian government. Or, since not everyone in Iran was able to fly back then, the main targets were foreigners. Now everyone can afford to fly but not enough safe airplanes to fly.

11 hours one way...........

back in the 1970's.  So, how much longer does it take these days to travel to Iran one way?

Solh va Doosti (paz a vosotros)

Nadia