Domestic passenger traffic in Iranian airports registered a year-on-year rise of 40% in the current fiscal year’s first month (March 21-April 20), as 2.62 million passengers were flown internally by Iranian airlines during the period.
Iran Airports Company’s data also show takeoffs and landings posted a 3% year-on-year decrease to 23,862.
Over 24.96 million tons of cargo were shipped during the period under review, marking a 42% year-on-year rise.
Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport accounted for 1.04 million of the total number of passengers, 39% more than in the corresponding period of last year.
Mashhad International Airport and Shiraz International Airport followed with 450,804 and 187,098 passengers respectively.
Mehrabad handled 9,230 landings and takeoffs during the period, considerably higher than other Iranian airports.
IAC data also indicate a 68% growth in the number of foreign flights passing through Iranian airspace during the period under review.
A total of 19,150 foreign flights flew over Iran's airspace during the period, which stood at 11,426 in the corresponding period of last year.
The IAC data do not include figures from Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport, which account for the largest number of international flights operated to/from Iran.
Fiscal 2021-22 in Review
Domestic passenger traffic in Iranian airports registered a year-on-year growth of 24% in the fiscal 2021-22 (ended March 20), as 28.03 million passengers were flown internally by Iranian airlines during the period.
Iran Airports Company’s data also show takeoffs and landings posted a 17% year-on-year rise to 304,893.
Over 232.76 million tons of cargos were shipped during the period under review, marking a 34% rise year-on-year.
Mehrabad International Airport accounted for 10.9 million of the total number of passengers, 19% more than in the corresponding period of last year.
Mashhad International Airport and Shiraz International Airport followed with 4.61 million and 1.9 million passengers respectively.
Mehrabad handled 115,236 landings and takeoffs during the period, considerably higher than other Iranian airports.
IAC data also indicate 57% growth in the number of foreign flights passing through Iranian airspace during the year under review.
A total of 168,418 foreign flights flew over Iran's airspace during the period, which figure stood at 107,614 in the corresponding period of last year.
The above figures pertain to domestic flights only, as IAC does not report on international traffic.
However, the head of Iran Airports Company earlier said the number of international flights registered a 192% rise to 47,096 last year.
“The monthly average for international flights stood at 3,925 in the fiscal 2021-22,” Hamid Reza Seyyedi was also quoted as saying by the news portal of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.
During Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays (March 16-April 2), a total of 2.37 million passengers were transported by Iranian airports, registering a 46% rise compared with the similar period of the year before, according to Seyyedi.
A total of 728,000 passengers were transported via Mehrabad International Airport, making it the country’s busiest airport during the holidays.
The number of flights during holidays stood at 19,000, registering a 3% YOY decline.
“During the previous year’s New Year holidays, around 20,000 flights were operated, but as a result of travel restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, none of these flights operated at full capacity in order to observe social distancing,” he added.
Seyyedi noted that the busiest Iranian airports following Mehrabad during this year’s Norouz holidays were Mashhad, Shiraz, Ahvaz and Isfahan international airports.
Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport transported 454,426 passengers via 2,857 flights.
Around 8,868 tons of cargo were also transported by these passengers.
Moreover, 111 cargo flights were operated by IKIA, which transported 2,988 tons of freight and parcels.
All international flights in Tehran are served by IKIA and all domestic flights by Mehrabad.
