The Iranian Parliament has further cut its costs, Irannews quotes the tweet by Member of the Iranian Parliament’s Presidium Alireza Rahimi. The Iranian Parliament member said that the number of foreign visits of Iranian MPs has been reduced. Rahimi added that business class flights have been canceled for MPs and all overseas flights are being […]
The Iranian Parliament has further cut its costs, Irannews quotes the tweet by Member of the Iranian Parliament’s Presidium Alireza Rahimi.
The Iranian Parliament member said that the number of foreign visits of Iranian MPs has been reduced.
Rahimi added that business class flights have been canceled for MPs and all overseas flights are being operated as regular ones since Sept. 22.
The Iranian MP said that cutting the costs began last Iranian year (started March 21, 2018).
“Last year, business class flights were limited to only those lasting more than three hours,” he said.
The number of flights operated by Iranian airlines in the last fiscal year (March 2018-19) fell by 14% compared with the year before to stand at 218,900, the secretary of the Association of Iranian Airlines said.
“The total number of air passengers reached 25.8 million last year, registering a decline of 16% year-on-year. Last year, a total of 178,705 flights were carried out on domestic routes, which show a 13% decrease compared with the year before,” Maqsoud Asadi-Samani was also quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.
The official noted that the number of passengers on domestic flights dropped by 15% to stand at 20.7 million.
- source : Financial Tribune, ILNA
