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IKIA serving as hub of Arbaeen flights transferring 157,000 pilgrims

Deputy Director of Imam Khomeini Airport Ali Rostami said that by end of the lunar month of Safar (November 8), Imam Khomeini International Airport served as the point for arrival or departure of flights that flew 78,777 people to Iraq and 79,356 others to Iran before and after the ceremony respectively.

He reported a 32% decrease in flight delays, adding that Mahan Airlines, Ata, Taban, Iran Air, Qeshm Air, Al-Iraqiyah, Kish Air, Zagros and Meraj airliners were in charge of transfer of Arbaeen pilgrims, conducting 164, 144, 137, 121, 114, 100, 72, 46, and eight sorties of such flights respectively.

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