Mahan Air

Post by **housedoctor** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:14 pm

Hi All,
Has anyone used Mahan Air, Manchester to Bkk recently.. Looking for feedback please.

Post by **Big Boy** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:35 am

housedoctor,

We had a member start this thread some time ago http://www.huahinafterdark.com/forum/ma ... t4877.html. I don't think anybody's seen or heard of peelpaul since - work it out for yourself

Post by **STEVE G** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:23 am

Mahan Air is based in Tehran; a famed Mecca of air safety!

Post by **bozzman101** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:50 am

THE WRIGHT BROS MIGHT BE BETTER
OR THE MARX BROS????
WONDERING

Post by **STEVE G** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:57 am

If you really need a budget flight via the middle east, try Etihad.

Post by **jackie** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:24 pm

I used Mahan Air last December from Birmingham to Bangkok via Tehran. It was the cheapest flight I could get for that time of year. I was going to book it again for our trip in July but they no longer fly from Birmingham only Manchester.

The price I have paid to fly Eva Air I could have got business class on Mahan Air. The food was very good and only soft drinks are offered. The only problem was I am a tv addict and there was only tv in Iranian.

We stopped over in Teheran for about 2 hours and was offered a sandwich and beverages. It is a very reasonable price for flights in the busy season and we will be flying with they again if they decide to reopen Birmingham

Post by **Condoking** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 6:30 pm

Having worked and lived in the Middle East for a number of years I would be very wary of flying through Iran, even just in transit. Remember the British Airways flight which was held in Kuwait airport by the Iraqis in 1990.

Iran is a lovely country with great people, I've been there many times on business and my daughter went skiing there a few years ago and had a great time. (Un)fortunately, depending on your point of view, the present regime seem determined to wind up Bush and Co. and a few infidels could just find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. As they say S**t happens.

For a few bucks extra I would take a flight with movies and the odd tipple to assist with the sleep process.

Post by **gooze** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:32 am

You must be completley insane for consideribg this option. The next post from you will probably relate to where one can buy the cheapest bottle of Chang in HH.

Post by **housedoctor** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:45 pm

Thank you (almost one and all) for your constructive feed back as requested.
Its good to hear the informed views of someone who has used Mahan Air.

Post by **jackie** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:45 pm

Goose

Why would he be insane to choose Mahan Air. How many times have you used it to be in a position to judge.

Post by **STEVE G** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:38 pm

gooze wrote:You must be completley insane for consideribg this option. The next post from you will probably relate to where one can buy the cheapest bottle of Chang in HH. :cheers:

Buy it by the case from the wholesaler, just past the bus office on the right.

Post by **Condoking** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:53 pm

STEVE G wrote:Mahan Air is based in Tehran; a famed Mecca of air safety!

Steve: Your words of wisdom have finally arrived at the top of the "in tray" of the Department of Transport in the UK. They have just suspended their license.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6910585.stm

Post by **STEVE G** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:41 am

If these things follow the normal course they will get banned from the whole EU pretty soon. The main problem with airlines based in countries such as Iran is that their regulatory systems are dysfunctional and prone to corruption. Often they will be manned by cronies with no knowledge or experience of aviation.

Post by **chelsea** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:31 am

This was reported on the 23rd Feb 2006 and may have something to do with the suspension
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west ... 744614.stm

Also there were reports here in Australia that all Indonesian airlines (Inc Guruda) were all going to be banned by the EU due to the latest crash incident in Indonesia until all airlines passed the relevant safety tests.

Post by **mamali** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:33 am

housedoctor wrote:Hi All,
Has anyone used Mahan Air, Manchester to Bkk recently.. Looking for feedback please.

I flew Mahan from Birmingham last year (rout suspended since I think), but this year flew with them from DÃ¼sseldorf to BKK stopping at Tehran and to be honest did not regret it once.
The flight was good, air hostess nice and friendly, and lots of food.
So if you are not an in-flight entertainment junky go for it.

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