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The geographical situation of
Iran, expanding its spacious levels, relative
remoteness of crowded areas from each other, lack
of means of transportations either railways or
roads, the need to initiate safe and fast
connections to survey and governmental
organizations, and the last but not the least,
lack of an ordered equipment with high capacity to
revive mutual aviation rights with other countries
and also securing more welfare and comfort for
Iranians, provided the conditions for the board of
ministers to ratify a proposal suggested by road
minister to establish a national Airline corporate
on February 10th, 1961. Following this decision,
on February 24th, 1961 both "Iranian Airways" and
"Pars Airways" merged to form a new airline as"
IranAir" with the acronyms and the symbol of
"HOMA" bird and this new airline commenced its
activities in April 1962. Covering the domestic
aviation transportation needs accompanied by
observing the safety principles and forming
transportation services with neighboring and
far-fetched countries, and also considering
simultaneous communal contracts on commercial
grounds and interests of the country were among
the reasons to establish IranAir.
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