"Flights from Tehran to Milan and Rome." This is how Iran Air intends to "violate" sanctions imposed by the EU
Iran Air intends to return to Italian skies and airports, despite the sanctions imposed by the European Union and entered into [...]
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Iran Air plans to return to Italian skies and airports, despite sanctions imposed by the European Union and went into effect last Oct. 15 include a ban on all Iranian carriers from entering the Union's airspace. The Aeroroute website writes that., one of the online 'bibles' that report daily news about the routes and destinations (and aircraft used) of airlines globally.
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In an Oct. 21 post, Aeroroutes reports that for Winter 2024-2025 Iran Air is intent on "consolidating its routes to Italy, despite the fact that sanctions imposed last week by the European Union forced the airline to cancel all its flights to Europe."
Therefore, starting Sunday, Oct. 27, Iran Air intends to operate a 'triangulation' that would see one of its Airbus A330-200s leave Tehran 8:50 a.m. to arrive at Rome Fiumicino at 11:30 a.m., take off again at 12:40 p.m. to the Milan Malpensa where he would arrive at 1:55 p.m., then leave the Lombardy airport two hours later for the Iranian capital.
To this Tehran-Rome-Milan-Tehran 'triangulation' operated every Sunday, one would be added in the 'opposite direction' every Wednesday, departing Tehran at 8:50 a.m. and arriving in Malpensa at 12 noon, taking off again for Rome Fiumicino at 2 p.m. arriving at 3:15 p.m. and departing for Tehran from the Roman airport at 4:20 p.m.
We will see in the coming days what will happen and whether Iran Air will really try to 'force' the blockade imposed on it by the Union.
Before the sanctions took effect, the Iranian carrier operated two weekly flights from Tehran to Milan and one weekly flight to Rome. In 2023, Milan had been the second largest European destination in terms of passengers carried (45,000) after London. E the Italian market had been the second largest in Europe in terms of number of passengers (about 60 thousand) after the German one (which had slightly exceeded 100,000 travelers).
Iran Air flew to the old continent over seven cities-London, Milan, Rome, Paris, Hamburg, Cologne, and Frankfurt. All routes were operated with two-class A330-200s., with 32 seats in Business (1-2-1) and 206 in Economy (2-4-2).
