Imam Khomeini Airport rebounds with 15 routes, 30 daily flights
Flight operations at Iran's Imam Khomeini International Airport have expanded to 15 destinations, led by services to China, Turkey, Iraq, Qatar, India and Oman, as daily takeoffs and landings reached 30, the airport city company's managing director said, signaling a steady recovery since the country's airspace reopened earlier this week.
"Flights from this airport have increased from six flights per day after the reopening of the country's airspace to 30 flights per day of takeoffs and landings," Ramin Kashef Azar told ISNA on Wednesday.
Operations resumed at 6 a.m. on Saturday with an Iran Air Hajj flight to Medina. On the first day of resumption, flights served three destinations; five days later, the airport now connects to 15 cities across Asia and the Middle East.
Current destinations include Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen and several other Chinese cities, as well as Istanbul, Yerevan, Delhi, Muscat, Doha, Baghdad, Najaf and Kabul, Kashef Azar said.
International flights are currently operated by seven domestic airlines, and the number of carriers is expected to grow in the coming days, he added.