International air traffic in Iranian airports saw a year-on-year growth of 14% during the first eight calendar months to November 22, according to an official with the knowledge of the matter.
Reza Nakhjavani, the managing director of Iran Airports Company, said that during the eight-month period, as many as 18,474 foreign flights were made in different Iranian airports, excluding figures from Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) which is the country’s main international airport.
The official added that the figure is up 14% compared to 16,177 flights in last year’s corresponding period.
He also noted that over 2.168 million international passengers were either received in or sent from the Iranian airports, excluding IKIA, which are 9 percent more than some 1.991 million passengers reported in the same period of last year.
Mashhad’s Shahid Hasheminejad Airport, Shiraz’s Shahid Dastgheib Airport, and Tabriz’s Shahid Madani Airport were respectively Iran’s top three airports following IKIA in terms of international air traffic in the period under study, according to the official.