Persian Perfection: Iranian Tu-154Ms

The Tu-154 eventually gathered a rather poor reputation in Iran with nicknames such as 'Death Bird' due to various crashes, however the type was instrumental in getting many Iranian airlines into the air and saw wide service prior to it being banned in February 2010. As a collector of both curiosities and Iranian airliners the new NG mould would look great wearing these colours.

Well over 20 Tu-154s saw service in Iran during the 90s and 2000s. Many were leased for short periods from Russian airlines, like Kolavia and Omskavia, and never gained much more than Iranian titles over their Russian liveries, however quite a few also got proper repaints and wore some lovely colours.

To date the only Iranian Tu-154 made was an Eram Air version wearing hybrid Omskavia colours. I've blogged about this frame already here:

Tabriz Feather: Eram Air

The M variant of the Tu-154 saw service also with the following airlines:

• Aria Air Lines
• Caspian Airlines
• Iran Air Tour
• Kish Air
• Mahan Air
• Taban Air

It was also flown by several others (Iran Aseman, Qeshm Air and Zagros Airlines) but only in hybrid schemes.

For a lot more detail on the Tu-154 in Iranian service click the image below to go to the Tayyareh Iranian Civil Aircraft blog:

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MAHAN AIR

Perry Hoppe (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

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IRAN AIR TOUR

Dmitry Zherdin, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons

English: Pavel AdzhigildaevРусский: Павел Аджигильдяев, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons

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KISH AIR

Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Søren Geertsen (GFDL 1.2 , GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Perry Hoppe (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

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OTHERS

Shahram Sharifi (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Shahram Sharifi (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Konstantin Von Wedelstaedt (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons

Shahram Sharifi (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons