Jan 30, 2005, 10:12 PM

Iran’s air fleet reaches 92

TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – The director of Public Relations Dept. in the Civil Aviation Organization (CAO), Reza Jafarzadeh, said that Iran has increased the number of its passenger airplanes to 92 from 73 since last June-July.

Out of 92 airplanes, 83 are owned by government and the rest are leased, he added.

Out of the existing airplanes, 21 are for short distance flights, 47 for medium distance flights, and 24 long distance flights. The total capacity of the fleet is 14,891 seats of which 61 percent are governmental and the rest for the private sector.

The average life of the air fleet is 16 years. Some 45 percent of the fleet is aged between 15-30 years, 57 percent between 5-15 years, and two percent under two years.

During the last year, over 8.4 million passengers traveled for local destinations and some 2.93 passengers traveled for international destinations.

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