Iran Aseman Airlines CEO, Kambiz Babaei, lies to press about fleet age

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The recently appointed CEO of Iran Aseman Airlines has got off to an interesting start by declaring to London's Financial Times that the average age of aircraft in his airlines fleet is "only 10 years", despite the fact that it's closer to 20.

To quote from the Financial Times article:
"Mr Babaei said the average age of his fleet of 31 aircraft was only 10 years, despite the sanctions imposed on the country".

Sanctions buffet Iranian airlines - FT.com (http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/eccdecfe-79c4-11e2-9015-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2LB7fu0o5)

Anyone familiar with Iran's airlines will know that Mr Babaei either doesn't have a clue about his own airline, or is a pathological liar who thinks he can make false statements to the international press without anybody noticing. Either way, an incompetent and devious person like that should not be in charge of an airline.

The average age of the Iran Aseman Airlines fleet is actually closer to 20+ years, not to mention the fact that they still have a considerable number of 30+ year old Boeing 727's in active service:

?????? ????????? ????? - Iran Aseman Airlines Fleet list (http://fleet.myaviation.ir/aseman.htm)

That's a shocking difference from the "10 years" that Babaei is falsely claiming. People like Babaei are an embarrassment to Iranian aviation.

[Panama Jack]

Maybe that is the number of years the average airframe has been in their fleet?

[crewmeal]

Either way, an incompetent and devious person like that should not be in charge of an airline.

Oh dear! I can see finger wagging in certain parts of the world:ugh:

[Airmann]

Does this surprise anyone? This is a man from the same nation whose defense aviation industry brings us a plastic/cardboard model of something that looks like its been copied out of a comic book (with a cockpit out of a glider) and declare it to be the latest and greatest fighter.

[flaphandlemover]

Guys,
bashing about a name is realy close minded...
translate farsi to english and you'll find out that Aseman means SKY...

I am sure there are lots of words in english that have bad meanings in other languages... couple of car companies found it out the hard way... For example Mitsubishi Pajero means Misubishi "Wa..k.." in spanish....


So please stop making fun of a nice word in an other language....
:=:=:=

[VaniosLenos]

What a pointless thread..:ugh:

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@VaniosLenos

perhaps you could share some examples where the CEO of an airline openly lies about the age of his fleet to one of the worlds major newspapers...:rolleyes: this is the Financial Times we are talking about...:rolleyes:

@Panama Jack

"Mr Babaei said the average age of his fleet of 31 aircraft was only 10 years, despite the sanctions imposed on the country".

I think it's pretty clear:)

[parabellum]

I would be interested to know where they have their aircraft insured, not so much the hulls as the liabilites. Do they operate any international services?

From a pedant point of view he may be looking at the number of cycles each airframe has done, possibly way less than average, due to grounding etc. and just divided that number by the number of aircraft to arrive at a figure that equates to the internationally accepted ten year average, based on the type of flying, just a pedant thought.

If they are insured outside Iran, assuming sanctions allow it, then the underwriters will probably know each airframes age etc.

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@ parabellum

Whichever way you look at it, the average age based upon the date of entry into service of the Aseman fleet is clearly in the region of 20+ years. The following link shows this very clearly:

?????? ????????? ????? - Iran Aseman Airlines Fleet list (http://fleet.myaviation.ir/aseman.htm)

[parabellum]

Whichever way you look at it, the average age based upon the date of entry
into service of the Aseman fleet is clearly in the region of 20+ years. The
following link shows this very clearly:


No argument there, just pointing out how a devious mind might try to fool a a press conference!