Iran Aviation News

A survey of nine low-traffic airports in Iran during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22) shows Lamerd Aiport and Zanjan Airport have seen remarkable growth in landings…

Iran Airports Company registered 37,165 takeoffs and landings during the sixth month of the current Iranian year (August 23-Sept. 22), which shows a 1.23% rise compared with the similar period…

A total of 761,170 passengers were transported via Imam Khomeini International Airport during the Iranian month ending Sept. 22. According to Farouq Alikhani, an Imam Khomeini Airport City…

For the first time in years, Iran's national flag carrier has posted an operating profit. According to Shahram Adamnejad, deputy minister of roads and urban development, Iran Air posted an…

A glance at unused capacities of Iranian airports reveals that the share of air transportation can reach 40-45 million passengers per year with the renewal of the country's short-, medium- and…

Imam Khomeini International Airport has registered 4,099 flights during the month to Aug. 22. Farough Alikhani, an Imam Khomeini Airport City official, said a total of 740,719 passengers were…

Payam International Airport, located in the city of Karaj, 35 km from Tehran, is scheduled to operate a passenger flight on Sept. 9, leaving Karaj for Mashhad in the northeastern Khorasan Razavi…

Iran’s private sector invested 2.68 trillion rials ($24.2 million) in Payam Special Economic Zone & Payam International Airport in Karaj, the central city of Alborz Province, during the five…

Iran plans to launch air taxi services, says the head of Iran Airports Company, Siavash Amir-Mokri. According to the official, since many airports in Iran are operating below capacity due to…

Iran's Varesh Airlines is scheduled to launch the Mashhad-Tehran-Tajikistan (and return) flight on Sept. 2, says the managing director of Imam Khomeini Airport City Company. “The connecting…

Kish Airline has overhauled its grounded Airbus A321 back to service after a year and a half.  The airline resumed the use of this aircraft on the Tehran-Kish route on Aug. 9.  The…

Iran Airports Company registered 34,065 takeoffs and landings during the fourth month of the current Iranian year (June 22-July 22), which shows a 5% decrease compared with the similar period of…

Imam Khomeini Airport Company will soon transfer international flights operated by six airlines from Terminal 1 to the newly-inaugurated Salaam Terminal at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International…

Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport ranked ninth from among 50 leading airports of 26 countries in the Middle East and North Africa in 2018. 

Two strategic radar projects for Tehran’s sky, namely Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar and Primary Surveillance Radar, became operational in a ceremony on Sunday, at a radar site called "…

Iran Airports Company registered 102,883 takeoffs and landings during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21), which shows an 11% decrease compared with the similar…

A plan has been devised by Iran Space Agency and the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran to enable Iranian airlines to offer high-speed in-flight WiFi. ISA Chief Morteza Barari said all Iranian…

Iran Airports Company registered 31,415 takeoffs and landings during the third month of the current Iranian year (May 22-June 21), which shows a 6% decline compared with the similar period of…

Mahan Air, the first and the largest private airline in Iran, has started operating weekly direct flights to the Italian capital city Rome from July 2, according to a press release. The…

Direct flights between Iran's Mashhad and Oman's capital Muscat have been launched. The flights are operated by Qeshm Air to and from Mashhad's Shahid Hasheminejad International Airport every…

After the recent inauguration of Salaam Terminal, Imam Khomeini Airport Company is already moving forward with a new mega project. “Iranshahr Terminal, with a planned capacity of handling 25…

The newly-inaugurated Salaam Terminal at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport officially launched its first flight on Saturday at 8 a.m. to Dubai, the UAE. Hassan Khoshkhou, an official…

Iran's tallest airport control tower (52 meters high) became operational in Hamedan Province on Thursday in the presence of Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami.

Iran Air will operate 100% of hajj flights to Saudi Arabia this year with its own fleet of airplanes, says deputy managing director of the Iranian flag carrier airline, Hassan Qasemi. 

Imam Khomeini International Airport City’s Salam Terminal was officially inaugurated on Tuesday in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani, Roads Minister Mohammad Eslami and other officials.…