TEHRAN – Iran Airports
Company (IAC) has reported that over 66,000 flights used Iran’s airspace in the first 6 months of the Iranian year 1400 (Mar. 22-Sep. 22), indicating a 60% increase in comparison with the same period last year.
This is while during the same period in the last Iranian calendar year, 1399 (Mar. 22, 2020 – Sep. 22, 2020) that number stood at 41,025 flights which showed 60.7% growth this year.
The number of flights crossing Iranian airspace registered during September increased by 17.2% as compared to the month before, the IAC report said.
Last month, European Union’s Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) removed the flight risk warning from Iran airspace.