Managing Director of Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company Siavash Amir Makri said Iran’s revenue from overflight fees was about $300-350 billion a year.
Iranian Labour News Agency
Managing Director of Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company Siavash Amir Makri said Iran’s revenue from overflight fees was about $300-350 billion a year.
Head of Iran Civil Aviation Organization announced that Iran’s airspace is safe for all flights, adding that all flights are underway normally.
Iran has protested to the Swiss envoy in Tehran who represents the United States interests in Iran, over the violation of its airspace by a US drone which Iranian forces shot down.
The United States has issued a fresh warning to airlines to exercise caution when operating in Iran’s airspace, citing concerns over military activity including an unnamed U.S. civil operator being intercepted by fighter jets in December 2017.
The number of foreign flights using Iran’s airspace in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2018) increased by 12% compared with the year before, the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development’s news service reported.