Imam Khomeini Airport City, located in southern Tehran, is expected to start operating air taxi services for the first time in the country’s capital city.
“A domestic airliner has invested about 1,100 billion rials [$4.23 million] in the project,” Sajjad Kamalipour, IKAC’s deputy for economic affairs, was quoted as saying by Cannews, a local media outlet specializing in aviation developments.
“The project is being developed on a six-hectare area inside the airport city,” he added.
Pouya Air, the project investor, has so far purchased two Embraer ERJ 145ER passenger aircraft and one Bombardier Challenger 604, according to Kamalipour.
Air taxi services have recently gained traction in Iran. There are more than 90 airports across the country, a considerable number of which are inactive.