Originally Posted by
Rutan16
MAHRAN have never served Heathrow though they have held slots for Gatwick in the past.
They have however operated into Manchester and Birmingham at differing times.
The fuelling issue remains . The American oil suppliers are barred from serving Iranian businesses by US sanctions whilst they also have banking issues that prevent many lines of credit and use of the US clearing systems .
The A330s can currently make it on round trip, occasional drops are made in Turkey and Italy at the moment where they are able acquire fuel either via local tanking (Turkey) or from Russian spot markets.
Iranair continue to serve Heathrow three weekly and off the record don’t be surprised if a certain UK citizens liberty and supply of UK pharmaceuticals are part of a rather more nuanced mini deal that may be going on.
I think Mahan operated on behalf of PK to GLA also when their A310 UK ops were subject to restrictions. Oh the irony...