Tehran (Iran), February 01: Iran has offered discounts to major international airliners to encourage them to use the country's airspace, Press TV reported on Sunday.
The Iranian government has approved a plan to cut its overflight fees, Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami said on Sunday.
The government has also been working with the Iranian armed forces to set up direct flight corridors to further assure foreign airlines of the safety of flying through the Iranian airspace, he added.
Earlier, Chief of Iran's Air Navigation Company, Siavash Amirmokri, said that the number of transit flights through Iran declined by nearly a half to 400-450 flights per day in 2020 compared with the number in 2019.
Source: Xinhua
