[Archive Home][Date Prev][Date Next][Index]
"Iranian Minister Says 7 Major Airports to be Established"
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
IRANIAN MINISTER SAYS 7 MAJOR AIRPORTS TO BE ESTABLISHED
Iran - IRMA News Agency
SHAHR-E REY, Tehran prov, - Minister of Roads and Transportation Ahmad
Khorram said here that his ministry plans to construct seven international
airports and purchase 30 new ships to upgrade the country's public
transportation fleet.
Khorram told a group of aviation officials that Imam Khomeini International
Airport will be operational on February 11, marking the anniversary of the
1979 Islamic Revolution's victory.
He said his ministry had followed an array of plans to improve the national
transportation fleet, including discarding aging planes both last year and
in the current year, and adding 5,000 wagons to the railway networks and
8,000 lorries to road transportation fleet this year and 15,000 more next
year.
He added that Imam Khomeini International Airport would be capable of
catering for six million Iranian and foreign passengers.
Do you have an opinion about this story?
Share it with other readers in our CAA Discussion Forums
http://www.californiaaviation.org/dc/dcboard.php
*****************************************
Fair Use Notice
This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of political, human rights, economic, democracy and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
If you have any queries regarding this issue, please Email us at stepheni@cwnet.com