This section covers my trip to the beautiful city of Shiraz with Mahan Air and below are the pictures.
Tehran's Mehrabad Airport old International terminal is used strictly by Iran Air, all other airlines, such as Mahan, Aseman etc use the main domestic terminal, which is labeled as terminal 4
Entrance to the airport, which is very cool
Terminal building
Pictures of some cool projects under construction in Kish Island of Iran in the Persian Gulf at the entrance of terminal for investors who are interested to fund these projects
Inside with numerous check in counters and seating areas all over
The check in counters for my flight
Boarding pass
Some shops and eateries here
Tehran Mall project
After going through the security this is the air side. There are no air bridges in Tehran's domestic and all need to board buses to get to their plane
Boarding for our flight
Many planes all over the apron
Then we reached our plane
Boarding
A very nice cabin, clean, very fresh looking with very comfortable seats and great leg room
Inflight Magazine
International network
Middle East network
Within Iran network
Taxing and passing by many cool planes
Lining up for take off
Take off
Amazing, looking back at Tehran with the Mount Damavand in the background. The highest point and mountain in the middle east region with height of 5878 meters
Couple of minutes later we passed above Tehran's International Airport (IKA) located 30 KM south of Tehran
Beautiful salt lake on the way
Meal service
A very tasty lunch, which I don't know the name of it. Kind of like a bologna with fresh vegetables.
The green thing is called Koo Koo Sabzi (Vegetable mix, I don't know the English equivalent for it)
Flying above the city of Isfahan after around half an hour, second most famous tourist attraction of Iran after Shiraz with Zayandehrood River in the centre and many nice bridges
Isfahan airport visible on top almost right corner
Descend to Shiraz
A portion of Shiraz visible here
Making a U turn above the beautiful salt lake of Shiraz, which had a red colour but due to sun light I could not take a good pic
Shiraz airport terminal, there is heavy construction inside as they just doubled the size of the terminal, the outside is almost done but the inside is still under construction so the airport was kind of chaotic. The old airport was very nice too but they decided to make it bigger.
Disembark
Beautiful cabin and seats
Business class
Entrance to baggage hall
Outside area
Looking back at the terminal
Picture of the cleric that the airport is named after
As I was waiting for my cousin to pick me up and she was stuck in traffic, I went back in to the terminal to take some pictures
Just before stepping in I saw my plane leaving back for Tehran, which was very cool :)
Inside the terminal, which used to be very nice and vibrant but due to construction it was looking like a simple huge hall
And going out when my cousin called me and was waiting for me outside
Pictures below are from my return couple of days later
Old style boarding pass
Moving past security and to the airside section, which was very small and over crowded due to the construction. There were many flat seats around, which were very comfortable
Boarding
Awesome cabin
Take off with some views over Shiraz
Meal service
Chicken and some sort of Macaroni salad
Handing out extra breads to whoever wants them, great cabin crew, young and very professional
Descending into Tehran- you get great views if you seat on the right and go to Mehrabad domestic airport but since it was night due to the speed of plane I could not take many nice pix as the plane goes along the Central part of Tehran and there is a huge sea of apartments and lights
Beautiful lit up stair case
Disembark for us from the back door
Beautiful
Baggage hall, crowded with so many flights landing from all over Iran
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Verdict
Mahan Air
8.8/10
Cabin9.0
Cabin crew10.0
Entertainment/wifi6.0
Meal/catering10.0
Tehran - THR
8.0/10
Efficiency8.0
Access8.0
Services7.0
Cleanliness9.0
Shiraz - SYZ
7.2/10
Efficiency8.0
Access7.0
Services7.0
Cleanliness7.0
Conclusion
A great flight experience with Mahan Air. Great cabin, fresh, nicely designed, with great seats with excellent leg room and comfort. The crew were also very nice, attentive and professional. Very nice and fresh meal served for this short 1 hour flight.
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Thanks for sharing with us this exceptionnal report. I am very admirative of Iran Air and other iranian airlines that manage to fly such old Planes and mantain them in great condition ! The meal service is also great for such a flight ! Great spotting Great bonus !
For a 20+ year old plane, they really have done a good job maintaining it since the cabin doesn't look to be in that poor shape. Who needs personal IFE when you have a good old fashioned projector!
For an hour flight, that is great catering service for economy.
I like the over-the-top construction projects planned for Tehran, a little Gulf envy?
Thank you NG085. Ye, the plane looks very new when you are inside, which is great. Actually those 2 projects on the very top are from projects in the Kish Island of Iran, which is a big tourist destination :)
Thank you for this very interesting flights. The service is really much better than western standards on a 1-hour domestic flight. The pictures of Iran landscape and mountains are very very nice, certainly a very interesting country to visit.
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18 Comments
Many thanks for sharing!!!! :D
I would love to visit Iran! It must be such a beautiful country!
Btw: I really like those Recaro-style seats :D
See you!
There is such a good service on domestic iranian flights, and most of the time interesting aircrafts as well.
I really hope I can get to visit this country soon, once the issues with the West are solved and it is OK again to go there.
For a 20+ year old plane, they really have done a good job maintaining it since the cabin doesn't look to be in that poor shape. Who needs personal IFE when you have a good old fashioned projector!
For an hour flight, that is great catering service for economy.
I like the over-the-top construction projects planned for Tehran, a little Gulf envy?
Gorgeous pictures as usual
Great cabin interior especially for such old airplanes
The catering looks good
Very interesting bonus
What a treat to have such a service on a short flight!
Next time plese add some pics of Shiraz! ;-))
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