BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 22. The number of domestic flights (passenger planes only) through Iranian airports decreased by 0.07 percent, in the 1st month of the current Iranian year (March 21 through April 20, 2023), compared to the same month last Iranian year, as was reflected in the statistics of Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC), Trend reports.
According to the statistics, 22,852 domestic flights were carried out through Iranian airports for the first month.
Meanwhile, in the same month Iranian year, the figure stood at 22,869.
In total, more than 278,000 domestic flights were carried out through Iranian airports within last Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023), which is a decrease of 9 percent compared to the preceding Iranian year (March 20, 2021 through March 20, 2022).
There are 54 active civil airports in Iran. Some 14 of them are international airports. An average of 30 million passengers are transported through Iranian airports per year.
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