Iran Air, branded as The Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: هواپیمايی جمهوری اسلامی ایران, romanized: Havâpeymâyiye Jomhuriye Eslâmiye Irân), is the flag carrier of Iran and the oldest airline in the middle east and second oldest in Asia, which is headquartered at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran. Iran Air's main bases are Imam Khomeini International Airport and Mehrabad Airport, both situated in Tehran, capital of Iran. Iran Air is also known as Homa, which is the name of a mythical Persian griffin, and also the acronym of Iran National Airlines in the Persian language.
Iran Air is operating flights from/to 51 airports in 15 countries: Iran, Kuwait, Germany, Turkey, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Italy, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Lebanon and other destinations.