BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 27. The number of passengers transported through Iranian airports to international directions decreased by 19 percent, during the 1st month of the current Iranian year (March 21 through April 20, 2022), compared to the same period in the last year, Trend reports.
Overall, 163,029 people were transported via the country’s airports to international directions.
Meanwhile, in the same month of last Iranian year, the figure stood at 202,468.
In total, international passenger transportation via Iranian airports amounted to 2,774,622 million within the last Iranian year (March 21, 2022, through March 20, 2023).
This is an increase of 79 percent compared to the preceding Iranian year (March 21, 2021 through March 20, 2022).
There are 54 active civil airports in Iran. Some 14 of them are international airports. An average of 30 million passengers are transported through Iranian airports per year.