The unfinished new terminal and air show ground clutter provide the backdrop for this Embraer taxiing out for departure, before the displays will start again. At the photo date, the plane had just been re-registered from EP-LDA.

Lift-off. ExpressJet operated this one for Continental Express and United Express from September 1997 until November 2015. Via two LLCs it was then registered ZS-THC for a few months, to become EP-RAA, both with Rey Airlines. Pouya Air took delivery of it in October 2017 as EP-LDA and the third EP-mark was applied in November 2018.

Pouya Air is an Iranian (cargo) airline with its head office at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran. The company is reported closely related to the Iranian government and ministry of defense.