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The story
The airline was established on 17 December 2008 and started scheduled operations in 2010 with services on domestic routes. It operated its first flight on 31 December 2009 from Tabriz to Mashhad.
In 2016 the airline began its Tehran-Baku-Tabriz flights. In 2018 it announced its Mashhad-Islamabad flights. Also in the year of 2018 it announced flights to Kazan. In 2021 the airline added three ERJ 145s to the fleet. The route to Kazan was dropped in 2018. In 2021 it was reported that the airline was eyeing a base in the city of Ardabil.
In 2023 the airline due to regulatory issues was given two weeks to shape up to standards or face restrictions, following issues related to safety or regulatory compliance. Also in 2023 there was rumors of an explosion which delayed an ATA Airlines flight, the rumor was denied by the airline. In May of 2023 the airline was forced to suspend international flights, the suspension was lifted two months later.
In 2024 the three ERJ 145s were put into service. In 2024 the airline added its first MD 87. In 2025 after a conflict ATA Airlines was the first airline to restart flight operations out of Tabriz Airport
From Wikipedia’s article on ATA Airlines (Iran), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4