BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 2. The number of passengers transported by passenger planes in Iran over Nowruz holiday (from March 16 to March 25, 2022) increased by 60 percent, compared to the same period last Iranian year, Spokesman for Iranian Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) Mirakbar Razavi said, Trend reports citing the organization’s website.
The spokesman noted that in total, about 1.56 million passengers were transported within the mentioned period.
Razavi also added that over 12,000 flights (passenger planes only) were carried out in Iran during the reporting period, which is 7 percent more than in the same period last Iranian year.
“The flights were carried out mainly from Iran’s Mehrabad International Airport in direction to 10 Iranian cities. These cities are Kish, Mashhad, Shiraz, Ahvaz, Qeshm, Bandar Abbas, Tabriz, Chabahar, Isfahan and Bushehr,” he said.
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