<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Mehrabad International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport was used for the first time as an airfield for aviation club planes in 1938, then after World War II along with becoming internationally recognized by joining Iran civil aviation organization to the ICAO in 1949, the airport also became an air force base.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Newly delivered Republic F-84G Thunderjets (fighter) and Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (trainer) arrived, May 1957 and April 1956, respectively. Iranian Air Force. In 1955 just after construction of first asphalt paved runway a new terminal building (Current Terminal 1) for both international and domestic flights was designed and constructed.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Among the designers of the initial modern buildings of the airport was the famous architect William Pereira. In 1961, Mehrabad Airport added a side building (current Terminal 2) used for arrival flights.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Iran Air commenced flights to Caracas on a Boeing 747 in March 2007. They stopped in Damascus and were operated under a codeshare agreement with Conviasa. In October 2007 Iran Air handed the route over to the latter, which flew it with an Airbus A340.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The new Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) was scheduled to open in 2004 with international flights gradually changing from Mehrabad starting with flights to countries bordering the Persian Gulf. After IKA's initial opening in May 2004, due to complications, it was not until the end of 2007 that the plan to move the majority of international flights to the new airport was completed.[10] All international flights have now been moved to IKA.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In June 2020, Mehrabad Airport announced a new terminal to replace Terminals 4 and 6. The new terminal is to have 20 gates (10 with jetbridges) and a new CIP Terminal. It is not known when construction will start.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">TRANSPORT Mehrabad International Airport</h2>
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