Key Iranian airport damaged in Israeli aggression resumes services
A key Iranian airport that was seriously damaged during Israel's last month's aggression against the country has resumed its operations.
Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization on Saturday authorized the resumption of services at the Shahid Madani International Airport in Tabriz, the main passenger and trade gateway to Turkey and the Caucasus region in the northwest of the country.
It came after a team of inspectors and technical experts toured the airport’s runways, navigation systems, and other critical infrastructure damaged during the Israeli aggression.
Iranian budget airline ATA carried out a first flight from the airport to the Turkish city of Istanbul after 23 days of closure, reports said.
The airport suffered considerable damage to two of its runways during attacks on the first day of the Israeli aggression on Iran on June 23.
However, authorities said at the time they would quickly repair the facility to minimize economic losses for people in the region.
The opening of the airport came just a day after Iran lifted a ban imposed on its western and central airspace, opening the skies over the country to all domestic and international flights.
The Iranian airspace had been partially opened on June 25, a day after the United States announced it had worked out a ceasefire between Iran and the Israeli regime.
A senior civil aviation official told the ILNA news agency on Saturday that more than 12,000 flights to and from Iranian airports had been canceled since the start of the war of aggression.
Authorities said, however, that repair work was still ongoing on the main airport in the central city of Isfahan, which was a main target of Israeli attacks, saying the facility would soon return to service.
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