Iran Aviation News

Eight flights have been launched between the cities of Tehran and Bushehr, the director general of Bushehr Province Airports Company announced. "Four of these flights are operated by ATA…

A terminal at Iranshahr Airport was inaugurated in the presence of First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri on Tuesday.  The terminal has an area of 2,775 square meters, IRNA reported.…

Any restrictions by European countries on Iran’s civil aviation would be in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal signed between Tehran and major powers, a senior lawmaker said. 

The Iranian flag carrier’s second regional flight with ATR 72-600 aircraft was operated on Thursday, leaving Tabriz International Airport in East Azarbaijan Province for Heydar Aliyev…

Iran has called on the European Union to press US authorities to allow the delivery of Airbus passenger aircraft purchased by Tehran.  To upgrade its aging fleet, Iran Air ordered 200…

Iran Airports Company registered 295,698 takeoffs and landings during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21), which showed a 12% fall compared with the similar…

Iran Airports Company registered 262,235 takeoffs and landings during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Oct. 22), which marked an 11% decline compared with the similar…

A soon-to-be operationalized terminal at Imam Khomeini International Airport will handle some of the foreign flights now being hosted at Terminal 1. According to the caretaker of Imam Khomeini…

Iran Air Show, the country’s ninth annual aviation event, concluded on Kish Island on Thursday.  The four-day event was mostly focused on promoting domestic capabilities after the…

The Russian company Sukhoi Civil Aircraft will get back to the issue of selling Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) jets to Iran after reducing the share of US components in the plane to under 10%, the…

Despite claims by the Central Bank of Iran, air travel agencies say they have yet to receive their foreign currencies at the cheaper rates offered in the government's system designed to meet…

Iran and Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday on broadening aviation cooperation between the two neighboring nations. Director of the Public Relations Department of the Civil…

Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport ranked eighth from among 46 leading airports of 25 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region. With 17.5 million travelers passing through its…

The number of Iranian citizens' outbound air travels to their most popular destinations has halved in recent months due to skyrocketing prices caused by a freefalling national currency.

Payam International Airport, located in the city of Karaj 40 km west of Tehran, has prepared all the facilities needed for exporting goods. Airport officials say exporters can now use the…

Iran Airports Company registered 230,136 takeoffs and landings during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), which show a 10% decline compared with the similar period of…

Iran's currency market has lost some of its fluctuating fervor in the past few days, leading to hopes that airlines will also bring down their skyrocketing prices, as some have already done so…

The government’s Economic Council last week approved a proposal of Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi, based on which the government is to issue 10 trillion rials ($70…

Some 180 online hospitality agencies whose websites were blocked due to a judicial order are back online after the ICT Ministry censured the blockade as heavy-handed and wrong.

After a media frenzy over online hospitality agencies overcharging customers, the judiciary has stepped in to block access to 180 online platforms nationwide which offer travel services or sell…

Airlines have recently voiced concerns about their future operations, underscoring their most serious problems in a letter to President Hassan Rouhani. 

Airline operators convened a meeting with officials from the Iran Civil Aviation Organization on Saturday to try to boost demand in the aviation market by revising the ticket pricing policy…

A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Maku Free Trade Zone and Arvand Airlines on Monday for the company to fly between the FTZ and the two Iranian major cities of Tehran and…

The Civil Aviation Organization of Iran issued a directive on Thursday, saying that the foreign currency needed by airlines to finance their ongoing operations would be determined at the rates…

Photos of at least six brand new ATR 72-600 turboprops made for Iran in the vicinity of Toulouse-Blagnac Airport have surfaced on aviation media outlets in recent days, raising hopes for the…