Minister: Iran negotiating with Qatar Airways on domestic flights

Minister of Roads and Urban Construction Ali Nikzad said negotiations are underway with Qatar Airlines to use its capacity in Iran’s domestic flights. Saying that the Qatari airline is already carrying out 21 flights from Doha to a number of destinations inside Iran, he added that Iran is now to further use the airline’s capacities in the country’s domestic flights under the supervision of the Iranian airliners. He also noted that air transportation accounted for 9 percent of total transport of passengers in Iran. He said the Qatari airplanes will only provide 1-1.5 percent of the total Iranian passengers transportation once the two countries come to an agreement on the issue. The minister stressed that the Iranian airliners are trying to carry out their mission in the best possible way and with the maximum security despite sanctions.