1. THR-IFN (Mahan Air Avro RJ100)
2. IFN-THR (Naft Fokker F100)
3. THR-ZBR (Caspian MD-83)
4. ZBR-THR (Aseman B727)
Previous Trip Reports:
Vologda Air - Yakovlev Yak-40 VKO-UUOS Passenger Flight Experience
Iranian Trip, parts 1&2: Mahan Air Avro RJ100 and Naft Fokker F100
Part 3. Caspian Airlines
Flight: RV 016
Airline: Caspian Airlines
Route: Tehran (Mehrabad) - Chabahar (Konarak International Airport)
Date: 20/10/2017 07:15-09:24
Full video report: Caspian Airlines MD-83 Flight from Tehran to Chabahar
Purchase a ticket
Tickets for Caspian Airlines flights are not sold on the airline's website and in ordinary agencies. You can buy only at the ticket office in Iran or through some special agents. This time I used goiran.ru.
Check in
You can check in olny at the airport via check in counter.
Departure - Mehrabad Airport
Again, I departured from 4th terminal of Mehrabad airport.
Boarding
That time our aircraft stood at the farthest parking lot - 4 km. from the terminal. I got a wonderful airport bus tour
Iran Air Tours MD-82:
Pouya Air Antonov-72 and Il-76:
MiG-29?
Aircraft
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (reg. EP-CPZ) was built in October 1994 (23 years old at the time of the flight) for AOM French Airlines. There he flew until 2001, then moved to Air Lib (France), 2003 to Jetsgo (Canada), 2005 to Avianca, 2009 to Air Burkina, 2012 to Khors Aircompany and then to Caspian Airlines.
Tehran and Mehrabad airport:
Food
Lunchboxes with snaks (bread, jam, butter, cheese, cake, milk and juice) and hot drinks.
Arrival - Konarak International Airport
In fact it is a small civil terminal on a military airfield. There is no public transport, passengers get to Chabahar by cars or shared taxis. The fare is 100.000 reals per passenger. Distance to the city - 50 km.
Few pics from Chabahar region
Martian Mountains:
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