BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 22. The number of passenger planes operating international flights through Iran's airports grew by 8 percent during the last Iranian year (from March 20, 2024, through March 20, 2025) compared to the same period last year (from March 21, 2023, through March 19, 2024).
Data obtained by Trend from the Iran Airports Company shows that 313,000 passenger planes operated international flights via the airports in the reporting period, against 289,000 planes during the last Iranian year.
|
Month |
Current Iranian Year (from March 20, 2024, through March 20, 2025) |
Last Iranian Year (from March 21, 2023, through March 19, 2024) |
Change, % |
|
1st month (from March 20 through April 19) |
25,253 |
24,365 |
4 |
|
2nd month (from April 20 through May 20) |
26,759 |
24,231 |
10 |
|
3rd month (from May 21 through June 20) |
27,219 |
24,937 |
9 |
|
4th month (from June 21 through July 21) |
27,142 |
24,641 |
10 |
|
5th month (from July 22 through August 21) |
27,059 |
23,604 |
15 |
|
6th month (from August 22 through September 21) |
27,647 |
24,017 |
15 |
|
7th month (from September 22 through October 21) |
24,152 |
22,912 |
5 |
|
8th month (from October 22 through November 20) |
25,693 |
23,543 |
9 |
|
9th month (from November 21 through December 20) |
25,955 |
23,748 |
9 |
|
10th month (from December 21 through January 19, 2025) |
25,067 |
23,806 |
5 |
|
11th month (from January 20 through February 18) |
25,928 |
24,556 |
6 |
|
12th month (from February 19 through March 20) |
25,093 |
24,355 |
3 |
|
Total |
312,715 |
288,715 |
8 |
To note, a total of 54 civilian airports operate in Iran. Of these, 14 are international airports. Iranian airports transport an average of 30 million passengers annually.
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