Financial Tribune� - The number of flights operated by Iranian airlines in the last fiscal year (March 2018-19) fell by 14% compared with the year before to stand at 218,900, the secretary of the Association of Iranian Airlines said.

�The total number of air passengers reached 25.8 million last year, registering a decline of 16% year-on-year. Last year, a total of 178,705 flights were carried out on domestic routes, which show a 13% decrease compared with the year before,� Maqsoud Asadi-Samani was also quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.

The official noted that the number of passengers on domestic flights dropped by 15% to stand at 20.7 million.