TEHRAN, Feb 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran has offered discounts to major international airliners, to encourage them to use the country’s airspace, Press TV reported yesterday.
The Iranian government has approved a plan, to cut its overflight fees, Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister, Mohammad Eslami, said yesterday.
The government has also been working with the Iranian armed forces, to set up direct flight corridors, to further assure foreign airlines of the safety of flying through Iranian airspace, he added.
Earlier, Chief of Iran’s Air Navigation Company, Siavash Amirmokri, said that, the number of transit flights through Iran declined by nearly a half, to 400-450 flights per day, in 2020, compared with the number in 2019.– NNN-IRNA
