Mahan Air Adds Shiraz – Kuala Lumpur Service

Iranian carrier Mahan Air has this week launched flights from Shiraz to Kuala Lumpur. The twice weekly service is being operated by an Airbus A310. The carrier also operates flights to the Malaysian capital from Tehran on a three times weekly basis but temporarily suspended the service on April 1.

Approximately 147,000 O&D passengers travelled between Iran and Malaysia in the year ending January 2011, with Mahan Air accounting for 14.7 per cent of this traffic; the second largest operator between the two countries after Iran Air.

Meanwhile, Mahan Air is also launching flights from Tehran to Istanbul's second airport Sabiha Gökçen International. It will offer a twice weekly service on the link to the Turkish city.

Schedule:

Shiraz – Kuala Lumpur
W51083 SYZ2000 – 0720+1KUL 313 37
W51084 KUL2350 – 0515+1SYZ 313 14

Tehran – Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen
W5622 IKA0800 – 0945SAW 313 12
W5623 SAW1300 – 1730IKA 313 12

---

BE THE FIRST WITH THE NEWS…

To keep up to date on a daily basis with the latest new route announcements and changes to airline flight schedules please bookmark our Breaking News page or follow our @TheHUBRoutes twitter feed.

NOTE: Schedule data extracted from Flightbase for week commencing May 14, 2011; Traffic data extracted from IATA BSP system for the year ending January 2011.