IranAir retires the last passenger Boeing 747-100 after almost 35 years of service!

IranAir (Tehran) has retired the last operating passenger Boeing 747-100 in the world. Boeing 747-186B EP-IAM (msn 21759) was ferried yesterday (January 8) from Mehrabad Airport (THR) in downtown Tehran (used for domestic flights) to nearby Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) southwest of Tehran (used for international flights) for storage in the cargo area. The flight lasted only 10 minutes on three operating engines and was flown by Captain Moghadam. EP-IAM is now grounded forever at IKA after almost 35 years of service

EP-IAM was delivered new from Boeing on August 2, 1979 and was flown its entire service life with the flag carrier of Iran. This is a testimony to Boeing for the durability of the airframe.

Thanks to Shahram (Shary) Sharifi for his eyewitness report from Iran.

In other news, IranAir restarted twice-weekly service from Mashbad to Bahrain on December 21, 2013.

Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 747-186B EP-IAM taxies across the ramp at London’s Heathrow Airport.

IranAir: AG Slide Show

Video: Window view of the takeoff from IKA on April 9, 2012.

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2 thoughts on “IranAir retires the last passenger Boeing 747-100 after almost 35 years of service!”

  1. Dublin Dude

    It is wonderful to see this venerable old aircraft lasting so long with “one careful owner”.

    I can only guess at the mileage it has covered in its 35 year of hard work.

    I believe the 747 to be the best aircraft ever made, and one of mankind’s finest achievements.

    Congratulations to those at Boeing and Iran Air for keeping the old bird aloft all this time.

  2. an iranian boy

    yes Iranian Engineers can
    Boeing doesn’t give service to Iranian Airlines from 30 years ago!
    and just Iranian A&P Engineers helped to it old plane fly for 35 years .

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