Iran has lifted all restrictions on domestic airports which were imposed after the country’s harsh response late Saturday to a last week Zionist attack on Iran’s consulate in Damascus. There were reports that Tel Aviv might decide to retaliate.
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.
Iran has taken delivery of five second-hand planes to boost the fleet size of its domestic airlines amid sanctions that have effectively barred the country from purchasing brand new aircraft.
A senior official from Iran’s transportation ministry says the country’s flag carrier Iran Air increased the number of its international flights by more than 60% in the calendar year to late March.
Iran’s flag carrier airline, Iran Air, has launched Tehran-Munich flights, its fourth air route to Germany.
Passenger traffic in Iranian airports registered a year-on-year rise of 41% in the current fiscal year’s first three months (March 21-June 21), as 8.16 million passengers were flown internally by Iranian airlines.
Passenger traffic in Iranian airports registered a year-on-year rise of 51% in the current fiscal year’s two months (March 21-May 21), as 5.38 million passengers were flown internally by Iranian airlines.
A total of 399,415 round-trip flights were operated in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2022), which comes to 33,285 flights per month on average, registered a 44% year-on-year growth.
Spokesman of Civil Aviation Organization of Iran (CAO) Mir-Akbar Razavi on Wednesday announced the lifting of the air travel bans for passengers coming from all countries.
International air travels to and from Iran have nearly tripled in fiscal 2021-2022, according to Caretaker of Iran Airports Company Hamidreza Seyyedi.