BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 23. The number of passengers transported via Iranian airports domestically fell by 6.7 percent in the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through November 21, 2023), compared to the same period last year, Trend reports.
Data from Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC) shows that over 19.9 million passengers were transported domestically via the country’s airports in 8 months.
Meanwhile, in the same period last Iranian year, the figure exceeded 21.3 million.
|
Month |
Number of passengers |
||
|
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) |
2,669,458 |
2,624,356 |
+1.7 |
|
2nd month (April 21 through May 21) |
2,695,466 |
2,752,710 |
-2 |
|
3rd month (May 22 through June 21) |
2,548,978 |
2,780,186 |
-8.3 |
|
4th month (June 22 through July 22) |
2,383,846 |
2,676,036 |
-10.9 |
|
5th month (July 23 through August 22) |
2,278,455 |
2,510,170 |
-9.2 |
|
6th month (August 23 through September 22) |
2,355,653 |
2,679,043 |
-12 |
|
7th month (September 23 through October 22) |
2,396,708 |
2,604,872 |
-8 |
|
8th month (October 23 through November 21) |
2,574,612 |
2,699,840 |
-4.6 |
|
Total |
19,903,176 |
21,327,213 |
-6.7 |
There are 54 civilly active airports in Iran with 14 international airports. On average, 30 million passengers are transported through Iranian airports per year.
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