BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 16. More than 192,000 passenger planes landed at and took off from Iranian airports during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through November 21, 2023), Trend reports.
Data from Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC) shows that this is a decrease of 5.3 percent compared to the same period last year.
Meanwhile, in the same period as the previous Iranian year, the number of flights surpassed 203,000.
|
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) |
24,365 |
25,550 |
-5 |
|
2nd month (April 21 through May 21) |
24,231 |
25,905 |
-6 |
|
3rd month (May 22 through June 21) |
24,937 |
26,329 |
-5 |
|
4th month (June 22 through July 22) |
24,641 |
25,920 |
-5 |
|
5th month (July 23 through August 22) |
23,604 |
24,353 |
-3 |
|
6th month (August 23 through September 22) |
24,017 |
25,109 |
-4 |
|
7th month (September 22 through October 22) |
22,912 |
24,803 |
-7.6 |
|
8th month (October 23 through November 21) |
23,543 |
25,039 |
-6 |
|
Total |
192,250 |
203,008 |
-5.3 |
Meanwhile, a total of 301,403 passenger planes landed/took off from Iranian airports over the last Iranian year (March 21, 2022, through March 20, 2023). This is an increase of 5.44 percent compared to the preceding Iranian year (March 21, 2021, through March 20, 2022).
There are 54 civil 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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