travelincurator

Hello,

My apologies if this has been posted before, I searched for info but so much other stuff popped up that I decided to just try it this way.

I am taking a trip in November to Iran with a tour group- super excited, can't wait to see everything, however I have this fear of flying... (I know, weird right? Love to travel, been all over Europe, actually like the flying experience, but am terrified of planes- mostly turbulence and crashing...again I know it's super safe, my brain is weird)

Has anyone flown Iran Air recently? We'll be flying Tehran--Yazd and Isfahan--Shiraz. A lot that has come up in my research involves the sanctions and one unfortunately titled article involving flying coffins... so. Any advice, tips, etc... will be welcomed!

rivlinm

I just flew IR from THR to SYZ. Not glamorous by any means, but certainly not a flying coffin.

The airport however seemed to be a graveyard of airplanes from the mid 70's which have been decommissioned. Cool for the aviation nerds among us.

I'll be writing my full trip report over the next week or so, and will share much more, including photos.

If you really are terrified the VIP busses between each of the cities are very comfortable and quite cheap. Think old school cradle J seats.

muscat

Provided your plane doen't go near any trigger happy US ships you should be perfectly safe.

travelincurator

Rivlinm thanks! I'll keep an eye out for your post!


muscat- that's morbid but it made me laugh a little also


thanks both of you!

rivlinm

Too soon?!

There was a massive billboard in Iran with an image of a US aircraft carrier blasting a plane out of the sky and I couldn't get my camera out fast enough by the time I had digested its message.

About to post my IR flight post over in TR.