Domestic passenger traffic in Iranian airports saw year-on-year growth of 8% during the first six months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), as 11.96 million passengers were flown internally by Iranian airlines during the period.
Data released by Iran Airports Company also show takeoffs and landings posted a 33% YOY growth to 155,472.
Over 95.69 million tons of cargos were shipped during the period under review, 21% more year-on-year.
Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport accounted for 4.6 million of the total number of passengers, 2% more than in the corresponding period of last year.
Mashhad International Airport and Shiraz International Airport came next with 1.88 million and 832,697 passengers respectively.
Mehrabad handled 58,504 landings and takeoffs during the period, considerably higher than other Iranian airports.
IAC data also indicate 61% growth in the total number of foreign flights passing through Iranian airspace during the six months under review.
A total of 65,939 foreign flights flew over Iran's airspace during the period, which figure stood at 41,025 year-on-year.
The data do not include figures on Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport, which account for the largest number of international flights operated to/from Iran.