Editing Iran Air (section)

===EU ban and refueling issues===
[[File:Iran Air Airbus A300 (EP-IBA) arrives London Heathrow Airport 21September2014 arp.jpg|thumb|left|An Iran Air [[Airbus A300|Airbus A300B4-600R]] lands at London's [[Heathrow Airport]] in 2014. As of 2025, Iran Air is one of the last remaining commercial operators of the Airbus A300.]]

On 5 July 2010, an aviation official of Iran accused the UK, Germany and the United Arab Emirates of refusing to refuel Iranian passenger jets.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 July 2010 |title=Britain, Germany and UAE refuse to refuel Iran planes |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7872532/Britain-Germany-and-UAE-refuse-to-refuel-Iran-planes.html |access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref> This move followed unilateral sanctions imposed by the US over the nuclear weapons dispute. Iran Air and [[Mahan Air]] both claimed to have been denied refuelling. A spokeswoman for [[Abu Dhabi Airports Company]] (ADAC) said that a contract was in place to refuel Iranian passenger flights and ADAC would continue to do so. A spokesperson for the [[Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority]] said that it was the sole decision of independent suppliers if aircraft were to be refuelled or not. Germany's Transport Ministry said the refuelling of Iranian aircraft was not banned under EU or UN sanctions but did not say whether any independent refuellers were denying refuelling.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/10511420.stm|title=Iran says its passenger jets were refused fuel abroad|work=BBC News|date=5 July 2010|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref> Later in the day, Dubai Airport revealed that it continued to refuel Iranian passengers flights in and out of Dubai.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 July 2010 |title=Dubai airport continues to refuel Iranian planes |work=Reuters |url=https://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE6641GL20100705 |url-status=dead |access-date=24 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225081350/http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE6641GL20100705 |archive-date=December 25, 2010}}</ref> The next day, a spokesperson for Iran said that no such limitation had been imposed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/10518662.stm|title=Iran rejects claim that planes were denied fuel|work=BBC News|date=6 July 2010|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref>

On 6 July 2010, it was announced that the European Commission would ban all of Iran Air's [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320]], Boeing 727 and Boeing 747 fleet from the EU over safety concerns.<ref>{{cite web |author= |title=Latest EU blacklist bans Iran Air A320s and 747s |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/07/06/344095/latest-eu-blacklist-bans-iran-air-a320s-and-747s.html |access-date=24 April 2015 |website=FlightGlobal |publisher=Reed Business Information Limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10529236.stm|title=EU imposes flight ban on Iran Air over safety|work=BBC News|date=6 July 2010|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref> This move came as a major blow to Iran Air, limiting flights to Europe with its own aircraft.

In 2012, the EU re-allowed the refuelling of Iran Air aircraft at secondary European airports such as [[Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport|Ljubljana]] and [[Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport|Budapest]], in an effort to retain the refuelling contracts within the EU, rather than letting them go to Serbia or later Belarus and Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exyuaviation.com/2014/06/iran-air-to-cease-refuelling-in-ex-yu.html|title=Iran Air to cease refuelling in EX-YU|website=EX-YU Aviation News|date=29 June 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exyuaviation.com/2011/06/iran-air-ends-belgrade-technical-stop.html|title=Iran Air ends Belgrade technical stop|website=EX-YU Aviation News|date=24 June 2011 }}</ref>

In January 2012, Iran Air's flights to and from London Heathrow operated with a fuel stop at [[Manston Airport]] in Kent. However, the airport announced in December 2011 that this arrangement was to end and it would no longer refuel the company's aircraft. This announcement swiftly followed the closure of Iran's embassy in London as the consequence of the [[2011 attack on the British Embassy in Iran|ransacking of the British embassy in Tehran]]. The airport stressed that it had not breached any trade agreements, as it had no connections with the US.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-15988328 | work=BBC News | title=Manston airport stops refuelling Iran Air flights | date=1 December 2011}}</ref>