BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 28. Approximately 1.7 million passengers were transported to international directions via Iran’s airports in the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21 through September 22, 2023), Trend reports.
Data from the Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC) shows that international passenger transportation through Iran’s airports for six months increased by 6.8 percent compared with the same period last Iranian year.
Meanwhile, in the same period of the previous year, about 1.6 million passengers were transported via Iran’s airports to international destinations.
|
Month |
Number of passengers |
||
|
Current Iranian year (March 21, 2023 through March 19, 2024) |
Last Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023) |
Percentage change (%) |
|
|
1st month (March 21 through April 20) |
163,029 |
202,468 |
-19 |
|
2nd month (April 21 through May 21) |
208,284 |
208,723 |
-0.2 |
|
3rd month (May 22 through June 21) |
309,887 |
267,049 |
+16 |
|
4th month (June 22 through July 22) |
358,183 |
332,640 |
+7.6 |
|
5th month (July 23 through August 22) |
312,212 |
283,436 |
+10 |
|
6th month (August 23 through September 22) |
340,568 |
289,550 |
+17.6 |
|
Total |
1,692,163 |
1,583,866 |
+6.8 |
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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