A direct flight between Kerman in southern Iran and Dubai, the UAE, has begun operating after a nine-year interval.
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.