Iran Transport News
January 09, 2021 18:12
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January 12,2021The parliaments of Afghanistan and Iran have approved an agreement on the international rail link that will pave the way for a new railroad border between the two neighboring states. Abdul Bari... -
January 11,2021Airline companies’ debts to Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport amount to 5,100 billion rials ($20 million), the director general of the airport said. “Iran’s four major airlines have unpaid... -
January 09,2021Tehran Municipality plans to spend 5 trillion rials ($19.53 million) on new buses to bolster the aging public transportation fleet in the capital. Mahmoud Tarfa, the head of Tehran Bus Company,... -
January 04,2021The Association of Iranian Airlines has sent a letter to President Hassan Rouhani seeking the termination of airlines’ obligation to sell tickets only up to 60% of planes’ total seating capacity... -
January 03,2021A total of 2,374,344 passengers (2,105,375 Iranians and 268,969 foreign nationals) arrived in Iran during the eight months to Nov. 20, indicating an 85.35% decline compared with the corresponding... -
January 02,2021A total of 1.18 million tons of commodities and 4,285 TEUs of container goods were loaded and unloaded in the northern Gilan Province’s ports during the first nine months of the current Iranian... -
January 01,2021A total of $20 million worth of non-oil commodities were exported to the Caspian Sea littoral countries from the northern Mazandaran Province’s Amirabad Port during the first nine months of the... -
December 30,2020Imam Khomeini International Airport City Company has received 2,000 billion rials ($7.84 million) in coronavirus loans at the lending rate of 12%, says Mohammad Mehdi Karbalaei, the airport’s... -
December 26,2020The subway system in Karaj, the provincial center of Alborz Province, will start partial operation in six months, the chief of Tehran City Council said. Mohsen Hashemi added that 90% of the first... -
December 23,2020After a suspension that prolonged for months due to the outbreak of coronavirus, the Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Air, resumed its weekly flights to Turkey’s Ankara on Dec. 23. -
December 23,2020More than 1 million tons of goods have been loaded and unloaded in the ports of Gilan Province located in northern Iran since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20), registering a 40... -
December 16,2020Urban managers are rushing ahead with plans to push the development of subway lines of Shiraz and the Iranian capital Tehran, to improve mobility options and curb air pollution. In Shiraz, the... -
December 15,2020With the manufacture of rail monoblock wheels and wagon breaks by local companies, Iran became 100% self-sufficient in producing cargo wagons, according to the minister of roads and urban... -
December 13,2020Tehran Bus Company and the Industries Ministry have reached an agreement to restore 1,000 dilapidated urban buses under a long-term scheme. Mahmoud Tarfa, the head of TBC, told reporters that the... -
December 11,2020The railroad connecting Iran and Afghanistan was inaugurated by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani on Thursday via videoconference. “Today marks an... -
December 11,2020IranAir, the country’s national flag carrier airline, will operate once-weekly round-trip flights from Tehran to Ankara, after they have been suspended for months due to the outbreak of coronavirus... -
December 06,2020The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development plans to inaugurate seven rail projects stretching 1,443 kilometers across the country by the end of next Iranian year (March 2022). According to Abbas... -
December 05,2020The share of Iran’s railroads in land transit reached 30% during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 20-Sept. 21), showing a 220% increase compared with last year, according to the... -
December 05,2020The average goods and services Consumer Price Index of “transportation” in the 12-month period ending Nov. 20, which marks the end of the eighth Iranian month, increased by 63.7% compared with the... -
December 01,2020A total of 4.95 million passengers travelled via railroad during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Sept. 21), which shows a 67.5% decline compared with the similar period... -
November 30,2020Over a third of wagons in Tehran’s subway system needs to be overhauled, otherwise their technical faults might disrupt operations sooner or later, an official with Tehran Municipality said.... -
November 22,2020The expansion of the Iranian capital city’s subway network is a challenging task for urban managers, who are struggling to secure financial resources to accomplish the same. According to Ali Emam... -
November 21,2020Iranian commercial ports have the capacity to handle 246 million tons of cargo annually, Mohammad Rastad, the head of Ports and Maritime Organization, said on the sidelines of the First... -
November 15,2020The Supreme Civil Aviation Council approved a 10% rise in the ticket prices of domestic flights compared with prices set by the Association of Iranian Airlines in the month ending June 20. -
November 15,2020Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport has focused on tapping into new sources of revenue to cover expenses and overcome financial hardships resulting from the outbreak of Covid-19 in the...
