Projects worth $8b in Iran aviation sector

January 10, 2010 - 0:0

TEHRAN – Three hundred investment opportunities worth over $8 billion in 54 domestic airports have been identified, an official with the Iranian Airports Holding Company stated.

Rajab Mehrjoui told the Mehr News Agency that in studies carried out in the past two years we found out that most of the present opportunities existed in the international airports.
He said that the initial studies to hand over airport projects to the private sector were finished.
About $6 billion worth of the projects are related to Imam Khomeini (AS) airport and $2 billion is related to the other 53 airports, he said.
Mehrjoui said that according to forecasts the aviation industry in Asia would expand, and Iran thanks to its unique geographic location can take advantage of the situation.
Meanwhile, the first exhibition on investment opportunities in Iran’s airport and aviation industries opened in Tehran on Saturday and will run for three days