BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 20. The number of domestic flights (passenger planes only) via Iranian airports decreased by 6.5 percent in the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21 through September 22, 2023), compared to the same period last year, Trend reports.
Data from Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC) shows that more than 131,000 domestic flights were carried out from Iranian airports during the past six months.
In the corresponding period of the previous Iranian year, the flights exceeded 140,000.
|
Month |
Number of planes |
||
|
Current Iranian year (from March 21, 2023, through March 19, 2024) |
Last Iranian year (from March 21, 2022, through March 20, 2023) |
Percentage change (%) |
|
|
1st month (March 21 through April 20) |
22,852 |
23,862 |
-4.2 |
|
2nd month (April 21 through May 21) |
22,436 |
24,174 |
-7.2 |
|
3rd month (May 22 through June 21) |
22,238 |
24,287 |
-8.4 |
|
4th month (June 22 through July 22) |
21,674 |
23,392 |
-7.3 |
|
5th month (July 23 through August 22) |
21,023 |
22,116 |
-4.9 |
|
6th month (August 23 through September 22) |
21,158 |
22,743 |
-6.9 |
|
Total |
131,381 |
140,574 |
-6.5 |
There are 54 civilly active airports in Iran. Some 14 of them are international airports. On average, 30 million passengers are transported through Iranian airports per year.
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