Air ticket prices will be liberalized by the end of the current Iranian year (March 19, 2016) as part of the Fifth Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2011-16), said the head of Iran Civil Aviation Organization, Ali Abedzadeh, noting that the move will not necessarily translate into higher prices. The move is certainly a contributing factor to the development of air transport by improving services, IRNA quoted the official as saying. The ticket prices of busy air routes linking Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Shiraz and Tabriz will be the first to undergo liberalization, he added.
