BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 20. The number of international flights (passenger planes only) through Iranian airports rose by 14.3 percent, during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through October 22, 2023), compared to the same period last year, Trend reports.
Data from Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC) shows that a total of 16,552 international flights were carried out from Iran’s airports over 7 months.
In the same period the previous year, the number of international flights from Iran’s airports was 14,487.
|
Month |
Number of flights |
||
|
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) |
1,513 |
1,688 |
-10 |
|
2nd month (April 21 through May 21) |
1,795 |
1,731 |
+3.7 |
|
3rd month (May 22 through June 21) |
2,699 |
2,042 |
+32.1 |
|
4th month (June 22 through July 22) |
2,967 |
2,528 |
+17.3 |
|
5th month (July 23 through August 22) |
2,581 |
2,237 |
+15.4 |
|
6th month (August 23 through September 22) |
2,859 |
2,366 |
+20.8 |
|
7th month (September 23 through October 22) |
2,138 |
1,895 |
+12.8 |
|
Total |
16,552 |
14,487 |
+14.3 |
There are 54 active civil 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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