TEHRAN – Based on the latest data released by the Iranian Transport and Urban Development Ministry over 18.5 million passengers were transported by the country’s air fleet in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21).

As Tasnim News Agency reported, in the first half of the current year, 144,000 planes landed and took off in domestic flights, and 17,000 planes operated on international flights, which transported 16,309,000 passengers on domestic flights and 2,146,000 people on international flights.

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