Direct Flight

For 1st time:

Iran Air to launch direct flight btw Zahedan, Quetta

TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (MNA) – Iran’s National Flag Carrier [Iran Air] has announced that it will launch a direct flight between Iran’s Zahedan and Pakistan’s Quetta for the first time.

Iraqi cleric urges reopening all airports btw Tehran-Baghdad

TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) – Senior Iraqi cleric Ammar al-Hakim has called for the reopening of all airports to flights between Iran and Iraq, expressing solidarity with Iran and its people in facing economic pressures.

Iraq resumes flights btw Najaf, Iran’s airports amid sanction

TEHRAN, Sep. 29 (MNA) – Iraqi Airways has resumed commercial flights between the holy city of Najaf and Iranian airports after Baghdad held direct talks with Washington to secure exemptions for certain aviation facilities from US sanctions.

Resistance group urges Iraq govt. to reject unjust Iran siege

TEHRAN, Sep. 26 (MNA) – The Secretary-General of the Iraqi Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada Resistance Group has called on the government and parliament to reject the “unjust siege” on Iran and not to submit to the “evil will” of the United States.

Iran continuing to operate intl. flights despite US sanctions

TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – Iran says international flights are continuing in spite of the US sanctions pressure, Spokesperson for Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) Majid Akhavan said.

IKIA carried out over 200 flights in one week

TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – An official at Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) of Tehran has said that 202 flights have been executed in the airport during one-week period ending May 01.

Russia lifts flight restrictions over Iranian airspace

TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – The Russian Federation has lifted restrictions on its flights over the Iranian airspaces and resumed overflights, the country’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) said on Monday.

Iran resumes flights from 5 cities to UAE's Sharjah

TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) – The first flight by an Iranian airline to Sharjah since the end of the 12-day Israeli imposed war against Iran took off on Monday morning from Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA).

Iran, Malaysia resume direct flight after 3-year hiatus

TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – The direct flight between Tehran and Kuala Lumpur was resumed on Sunday after three years hiatus.

Airlines cancel 3,300 US flights

TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (MNA) – Airlines in the United States have cancelled more than 3,300 flights amid a top transport official’s warning that air travel could “slow to a trickle” due to the ongoing government shutdown.