Iran jet fuel use up by over 6% in year to March

Iran’s use of jet fuel rose by over 6% in the year to late March compared to the previous calendar year, a sign of increased activity in the country’s aviation sector despite US and European sanctions targeting the industry.

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EghtesadOnline: The head of Iran’s Aviation Refueling Department said on Saturday that the body's 57 branches across Iran had supplied more than 1.572 billion liters of jet fuel to planes in the year to March 20, an increase of nearly 100 million liters from the year before, according to Press TV.

Iman Jannatkhah said that jet fuel had been supplied to 212,886 planes in the last calendar year, adding that the daily use of jet fuel in Iran had increased by nearly 250,000 liters to nearly 4.308 million liters for carrying out 583 flights.

The figures are a fresh sign of increased activity in Iran’s civil aviation sector despite the sanctions targeting the industry which restricts its ability to buy planes and expand the number of flights.

The United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on Iranian airlines while accusing them of providing services to the Iranian military.

That comes as reports published in November showed the government will stop paying jet fuel subsidies to Iranian airlines in the calendar year starting late March to save nearly $1 billion in annual budget expenditures. / Mehr