IATA Code: | ICAO code: | Callsign: ISHTAR
| Ishtar Airlines FZCO
Office # 301, 3rd Floor,
Block A, Al Shoala Building,
Al Ittihad Road, Port Saeed
Deira, Dubai
Landmark: Opposite Dnata Building
P.O.Box: 117614, Dubai
Tel: +971 4 2956065
Ownership: 100% private investors (Dubai, Free Zone Corporation) |
Ishtar Airlines (Ishtar, named for an ancient Babylonian goddess) an airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates incorporated in March 2005 operating scheduled passenger services, its main bases & only destinations, Baghdad International Airport and Dubai International Airport, was setup by Iraqi businessman Safa Al-Jusani and a group of former Iraqi Airways pilots. Before the 2003, Al-Jusani ran a travel company that conducted tours to northern Iraq and neighboring Jordan.
Executvies: Moayad Hassan (President) & Ramsey Shaban (Vice President)
Ishtar Airline initially operated a Boeing 1 x 737 and 1 x 727-200 Adv with a three flights a week frequency between Baghdad and Dubai. As of October 2009, Ishtar Airlines seems to have ceased flight operations, it has been reported the remaining aircraft a Boeing 727-200Adv is currently operated by African Express Airways.