TEHRAN - The head of Iran Airports Company (IAC) has said 15 airport development projects are going to go operational in the country by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (late March 2025), Tasnim News Agency reported.

According to Reza Nakhjavani, 21 airport projects with a total investment of 60 trillion rials (about $120 million) are currently underway across the country of which 15 will be completed in the current year.

The mentioned projects include improvement of the runway, terminal and flight lines, wall covering, renovation of heating and cooling facilities, construction of warehouses and sheds, construction of domestic and foreign flight terminals, landscaping, renovation of radar sites and flight control towers, construction of police unit premises, as well as protection and cultural complexes and ground safety equipment, the official said.

He stated that now 56 airports of the country are under the supervision of Iran Airports Company, adding: “After going through legal procedures, three important projects namely completing the new terminal of Shiraz Airport, draining and striping the runway of Sari Airport and completing the flight control building of Mehrabad Airport have reached the stage of concluding contracts with private sector contractors.”

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