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Passenger flow via Iranian airports up by 15%

Business Materials 23 May 2017 16:39 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 23

By Fatih Karimov – Trend:

More than 4.697 million passengers were transferred via Iranian airports in first month of current Iranian fiscal year (March 20-April 21), 15 percent more than in the same period of preceding year, Iran Airports Company (IAC) reported May 23.

Over 37,695 domestic and international flights were carried out via the country's 49 airports in the period, 10 percent more year-on-year.

Also 51 million kilograms of cargo was transported via Iranian airports‎ in the one-month period, which is 16 percent more compared to the same month of preceding year.

Over 3.5 million passengers used Iran's domestic flights (29,000 flights), while 1.188 million passengers were transferred via 8,073 international flights in Iranian airports during the first month of current fiscal year, according to the report.

Mehrabad Airport in Tehran topped the Iranian airports in terms of flights with over 11,000 flights, followed by Mashhad International Airport (4,000 flights).

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