BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 27. More than 2.16 million passengers were transported to international directions via Iran’s airports in the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through November 21, 2023), Trend reports.
During eight months, international passenger transportation through Iran’s airports rose by 8.9 percent compared with the same period last Iranian year, as was reflected in the data from the Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC).
In the corresponding period as the previous Iranian year, over 1.99 million passengers were transported via Iran’s airports to international destinations.
|
Month |
Number of passengers |
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|
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 |
|
7th month (September 23 through October 22) |
256,545 |
218,001 |
+17.7 |
|
8th month (October 23 through November 21) |
219,976 |
189,476 |
+16 |
|
Total |
2,168,684 |
1,991,343 |
+8.9 |
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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