Iran Transport News
October 19, 2020 18:49
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October 19,2020Tehran’s ailing public transportation will soon get a boost with hundreds of new buses and minibuses joining the fleet, Tehran Municipality’s deputy director for traffic and transportation affairs... -
October 17,2020Iran's flag carrier aniline, IranAir, will resume roundtrip Tehran-Cologne flights as of Oct. 30. -
October 17,2020Economic constraints and Covid-19 have taken a toll on Tehran public transportation, as they push the sector to the verge of bankruptcy, the head of Tehran City Council’s Transportation Commission... -
October 13,2020Latest statistics released by Iran Airport Company indicate a 23% growth in the total number of foreign flights using Iranian airspace during the month to Sept. 22. A total of 10,376 foreign... -
October 12,2020With costs of infrastructure development soaring, Tehran City Council has ratified a motion allowing Tehran Municipality to raise 40 trillion rials ($133.30 million) through the issuance of... -
October 12,2020Iran and Afghanistan will be connected through the Khaf-Herat railroad next month, according to the minister of roads and urban development. “The rail route between Iran and Afghanistan has been... -
October 12,2020Iran’s Wagon Pars Company, a manufacturer of rolling stock, has manufactured 275 freight and passenger wagons since the beginning of the current Iranian year on March 20, 234 of which have already... -
October 11,2020A total of 3.4 million tons of essential goods have arrived at Iranian ports, of which corn accounts for 1.62 million tons, says Mehrdad Jamal-Arvanaqi, the deputy head of the Islamic Republic of... -
October 05,2020Iraqi Airways’ flying permit to Iran was cancelled as of Oct. 4 until further notice for violation of permit conditions, the head of the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran said on Sunday. -
September 30,2020The average goods and services Consumer Price Index of transportation increased by 51.5% in the 12-month period ending Sept. 21, which marks the end of the sixth Iranian month, compared with the... -
September 30,2020Iran’s 21 major commercial ports handled 58.44 million tons of commodities during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 20-Sept. 21) to register a 25.4% decline compared with the... -
September 28,2020Flights to and from Turkey have been resumed after six months of closure due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Domestic airlines, namely IranAir, Mahan Air, Iran Airtour, Meraj Airlines, ATA Airlines and... -
September 28,2020Plans for development and expansion of subway networks in Iranian cities of Ahvaz and Shiraz are gaining momentum. The municipality of Ahvaz, the provincial center of Khuzestan, has forged an... -
September 26,2020Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran in February, the country’s public transportation system has incurred a massive loss of over 20 trillion rials ($68.6 million), an official with... -
September 23,2020IranAir, the country’s national flag carrier airline, will resume flights to Frankfurt, Germany, as of Oct. 3 after more than six months of suspension. Touraj Dehqani Zanganeh, the head of Iran... -
September 23,2020Amid the third wave of Covid-19 infections in Iran, the number of subway passengers has recently risen by 10% and made the bad situation worse, Tehran Metro’s CEO said. -
September 21,2020Mahan Air will resume flights to Turkey as of Sept. 22, the secretary of the Association of Iranian Airlines announced. Maqsoud Asadi-Samani added that other domestic airlines can also apply for a... -
September 19,2020IranAir, the country’s flag carrier airline, operated 211 international flights during the fourth month of the current Iranian year (June 21-July 21), to post a considerable growth after months of... -
September 16,2020Tehran Municipality has urged the government to pay 40 trillion rials ($148.15 million) for the renewal of public transportation in the capital by the end of the current Iranian year (March 2021... -
September 16,2020Domestic airlines operate three empty flights from Tehran to Istanbul to return Iranians to their home country. According to Maqsoud Asadi-Samani, secretary of the Association of Iranian Airlines... -
September 16,2020Iran’s national flag carrier airline, IranAir, has put up 11 of its old planes for auction. Initially a list of 12 aircraft with their starting bid price was published by local and foreign media... -
September 15,2020Iran Airports Company registered 8,431 overflights during the month ending Aug. 21, which indicate a 15.57% increase compared with the previous month. IAC statistics show 7,295 planes used the... -
September 14,2020The development of public transportation has been high on Tehran urban managers’ agenda, for which the capital launched the construction of the subway’s Line 10 last week. According to Tehran... -
September 14,2020Iran Airports Company registered 88,269 takeoffs and landings during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Aug. 21) to register a 38% decline compared with the similar period... -
September 13,2020Three border crossings with Iraq, namely Chazzabeh and Shalamcheh in the southern Khuzestan Province and Mehran in the western Ilam Province, have reopened for exports on all weekdays as of Sept....
