A view of the new Tehran International Airport 45 km (28 miles) south of Tehran:

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IKIA; Tehran's new Airport
http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/tehran/

A new airport opened in Tehran, Iran, in February 2001. Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) is equipped with advanced aviation technology and is estimated to have cost almost $1 billion. Associated investment projects, carried out by either private or public enterprises, include aircraft hangars, in-flight catering, hotel, duty-free shops, fuel supply and passenger and cargo handling facilities.

A new airport opened in Tehran, Iran, in February 2004. Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) is equipped with advanced aviation technology and is estimated to have cost almost $1 billion. Associated investment projects, carried out by either private or public enterprises, include aircraft hangars, in-flight catering, hotel, duty-free shops, fuel supply and passenger and cargo handling facilities.

This new airport will take over all domestic and international flights from the Mehrabad Airport (Tehran's other international airport). Studies carried out by the Civil Aviation Organisation (CAO) of Iran recognised that the present airport could not be upgraded and expanded to meet the expected growth levels.

Imam Khomeini International Airport is located in a 15 hectare area located some 30km to the south of Tehran on the Tehran-Qom highway. Work on the project began during the 1970s before the Islamic Revolution but was halted due to political circumstances. Overall responsibility for the project rests with the ministry for roads and transportation.

Timescale and Capacity

Work on the airport started in 1994 and is due to progress in various phases. The first phase, completed by February 2001, initially gives a capacity of 12 million passengers and 200,000t of cargo a year. Depending on demand, the design allows for further expansion to 20 million passengers and 375,000t of cargo, with a final phase scheduled capacity of 40 million passengers and 700,000t of cargo.

Control Tower and Passenger Terminal

The 56.9m-high control tower has an area of 1,100m². The four-storey, glass-fronted technical block spans 6,800m².

The Main passenger terminal building is a 78,357m², three-level structure comprising a basement, departure and arrival halls at ground level, as well as a mezzanine arrivals floor. 14 air bridges link the aircraft, piers and gate lounges. 1,800 car parking spaces in a two-storey car park can be reached via footbridges. Two-level access roads separate arrivals and departures and there are 88 check-in counters in the departure area.

The second passenger terminal is currently under construction as a part of the first phase. Once the terminal completed, it is expected that all international flights to Tehran will be flying to the IKIA airport.

Supporting structures include administration, services, maintenance, airport police and security guard buildings, and nearly 100 residential buildings on a 10,000m² complex.

Aeroports de Paris (ADP) was responsible for the master plan and preliminary design, and is undertaking supervision of procurement, installation, commissioning and testing of airport equipment and systems, as well as co-ordination and integration. The main contractors are two Iranian companies, Dey and Melli Sakhteman. Fernau (UK) was one of the international contractors working on for the project.

Transportation

The Tehran Metro Line 1 is being extended to the south to connect to the airport and provide a viable fast link from the city centre directly to the international terminal. The link from the city centre is still not complete necessitating a 1.5-hour taxi journey from the city to reach the airport. The metro line extension is expected to be complete by the first quarter of 2007.

Didn't they say it opened in 2004 but then closed again because security was inadequate?

It was designed during the days of the Shah.

There is something in this airport which has made it unique in the world! :)

Ma'mourin Hill which was the civilization hub of Iron Age 3200 years ago, today finds itself surrounded by the newly built International Airport of Imam.
Scholars believe that the 3200 year-old historical hill which was found accidentally during the construction project of Imam International Airport, can be turned into the greatest historical, scientific, and tourist attraction of Iran.
In 1989, during construction works of Imam Airport, workers came accidentally to antique remains and structures in Ma'mourin Hill, .... http://archeonet.nl/engels.php?itemid=4926&catid=18

So is the part displayed in the exterior renders completed yet?

Skyline-BRN - Yes, I believe the parts shown in the renders have been completed. Phase 1 was finished in 2001, and I read that the airport was completed in late 2004, but then was closed for a while. It's a bit confusing. I'm not sure if they've still got further expansion or changes to do.

Information according to a 2002 report:

TEHRAN AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION, IRAN

A new airport opened in Tehran, Iran, in February 2001. Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) is equipped with advanced aviation technology and is estimated to have cost almost $1 billion. Associated investment projects, carried out by either private or public enterprises, include aircraft hangars, in-flight catering, hotel, duty-free shops, fuel supply and passenger and cargo handling facilities.
MARKET RATIONALE

This new airport will take over all domestic and international flights from the Mehrabad Airport (Tehran's other international airport). Studies carried out by the Civil Aviation Organisation (CAO) of Iran recognised that the present airport could not be upgraded and expanded to meet the expected growth levels.

Imam Khomeini International Airport is located in a 15 hectare area located some 30km to the south of Tehran on the Tehran-Qom highway. Work on the project began before the Islamic Revolution during the 1970s but was halted due to political circumstances. Overall responsibility for the project rests with the ministry for roads and transportation.
PROJECT TIMESCALE AND SIZE

Work on the airport started in 1994 and is due to progress in various phases. The first phase, completed by February 2001, initially gives a capacity of 12 million passengers and 200,000t of cargo a year. Depending on demand, the design allows for further expansion to 20 million passengers and 375,000t of cargo, with a final phase scheduled capacity of 40 million passengers and 700,000t of cargo.
RUNWAY

Phase 1 included construction of a single runway of 4,200m by 45m, with 10.5m-wide shoulders. A total of 12.8km of taxiway area connects runways with passenger and cargo terminals, hangars and a 30m-wide engine test pad. The apron area is more than 450,000m² wide to accommodate a total of 24 aircraft.
CONTROL TOWER

The 56.9m-high control tower has an area of 1,100m². The four-storey, glass-fronted technical block spans 6,800m². Navigation aids include the 755 DVOR (Doppler, very-high frequency, omni-directional radio range) supplied by the UK company Fernau, the 2020 DME (distance measuring equipment) and the Normarc ILS NM 7000 instrument landing system, providing the airport with CAT III approach and landing capability.
TERMINAL BUILDING

The passenger terminal building of 78,357m² is a three-level structure comprising a basement, departure and arrival halls at ground level, as well as a mezzanine arrivals floor. 14 air bridges link the aircraft, piers and gate lounges. 1,800 car parking spaces in a two-storey car park can be reached via footbridges. Two-level access roads separate arrivals and departures. Supporting structures include administration, services, maintenance, airport police and security guard buildings, and nearly 100 residential buildings on a 10,000m² complex.
UTILITIES

The remote location of IKIA has placed considerable demands on the supply of utilities. A branch line was laid from the main gas trunk line to the east of the Qum highway, while wells were drilled for water supply. This is only sufficient for a few years of operations and the eventual aim is to transfer and treat water from Tehran's reservoirs. Tehran refinery is establishing a fuel supply through a new 250mm-diameter pipeline, 33km long. Distribution of utilities around the airport will be facilitated via a 2,850m concrete tunnel. Telecommunications contracts have been awarded and work is in progress to link the new airport to Mehrabad with around 400 communication lines, increasing to 2,000 lines in the future.
LEAD CONTRACTORS

Aeroports de Paris (ADP) was responsible for the master plan and preliminary design, and is undertaking supervision of procurement, installation, commissioning and testing of airport equipment and systems, as well as co-ordination and integration. The main contractors are two Iranian companies, Dey and Melli Sakhteman. Fernau (UK) is one of the international contractors working on for the project.

Didn't they say it opened in 2004 but then closed again because security was inadequate?

It was designed during the days of the Shah.


Actually yes it was opened, but it was closed after one flight...sad story...

http://www.payvand.com/news/05/apr/ikia1.jpg http://www.payvand.com/news/05/apr/ikia2.jpg
http://www.payvand.com/news/04/may/tehran-ikia3.jpg http://www.payvand.com/news/04/may/tehran-ikia4.jpg http://www.payvand.com/news/04/may/tehran-ikia1.jpg

Wow impressive pix, but actually we already have a copy of this thread :)

Oh...and some of the pix don't work...they show a logo for worldisround :(

Anyway... if you wanna check out all our previous threads go here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=263712).
:cheers:

thats gonna be the biggest and most modern airport in the region

^^ not likley.

why do you say that? thats what i heard atleast.

and remember when canada critiscized the new airport in iran for not being safe when that plane skidded of the runway....i dont hear anyone saying that torontos airport isnt safe when a plane crashed there!

^^ Well, The Gulf countries airports will probably beat it by a long shot...
Im not completley sure though, maybe anyone of the khaliji guys will tell us if they stop by...

and remember when canada critiscized the new airport in iran for not being safe when that plane skidded of the runway....i dont hear anyone saying that torontos airport isnt safe when a plane crashed there!


lol, that plane had a problem...anyway this is not the topic.

yea, i know, and please dont say gulf countries, its the persian gulf, just saying gulf countries is giving in to what the arabs want. anyway, mehrabad airport really needs to go, i heard they're making it into a park. the new airport is gonna be great when its finished.

the current dubai airport is at the same size as this one, and it will be bigger once the new extentions are completed ( note that the new extentions are as big as the current one).

not to mention Jebal Ali Airport which is said to be the largest in the world. it will be six times larger than the current Dubai airport.

Freedom

This airport is actually 1 of the biggest in the world let alone Middleast

The only airport that can match This one curreently is only Saudi arabias

This is a beatiful airport

Freedom

This airport is actually 1 of the biggest in the world let alone Middleast

The only airport that can match This one curreently is only Saudi arabias

This is a beatiful airport

This airpot will be a great addition to Iran.

Saud Arabia airports with no offence are grabage.

Dubai Airport is the one. It handled 21 million passenger last year and the number will rise to 60 million in 2010. I dont want to ruin this thread with the airport. All I can say is that Dubai airport is a beauty and look like a fancy shopping mall.

I think they should do somethin about the exterior of the airport though, the grey concrete is makin it uggly... :|

its not concrete

i think it looks great and so modern

(iam talking about the Tehran one)

That's not concrete?

http://www.payvand.com/news/05/apr/ikia1.jpg

:?

oh i thought that picture was for the old air port and the new one is in the other pictures

There was a new airport built by a turkish company in Tehran and it looked much better than this one!!What happened to it?

^^ It's this one. :D

It looked better than this on the renders ;)

Anyway...This airport was planned to be built before the revoltion and it's design is from that time.

IMO, It has a nice interior it's just the exterior which could be better...and they can still fix it (if they want to) :D

IMO, It has a nice interior it's just the exterior which could be better...and they can still fix it (if they want to) :D

yup! agree.. the interior looks modern and very glassy too but the control tower is abit.. :uh: need a good make-up i guess..

well, the airport is still not finished, maybe they havent fixed it up yet and put it into operation in the time being.

This is The Newly Made Imam Khomeini Intl Airport (IATA code:IKA;OR code:OIIE), roughly 30 km away from Tehran Mehrabad (IATA code:THR; OR code:OIII)


i took this...srry for bad quality...
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http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/966/1imamkhomeniairporttehran1hx.jpg
Artists Rendition of IKIA
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http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7010/4imamkhomeniairporttehran9ns.jpg


heres the real Pics i took:
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http://img437.imageshack.us/img437/9288/dsc043566ea.jpg

http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1039867/0/nouser_1039/T0_-1_1039867.JPG

heres a pic from just outside the airport, as u can see the airport is situated on a very flat piece of land, which may be useful beacuse say there is an emergency landing, the plane can land safeley without being damaged.LOL and also there is quite abit of flowers near th eentrance, beside the control tower, altogether these flowers i think cost 50,000$US, the airport Is quite beautiful and the whole project i think costed roughly 1billlionUS! the scheduled opening day for the airport was set for May 2004, the 35th aniversarry of the Islamic Revolution. But as some of you may know, the airport was delayed in its opening because the revolutionary guards closed it because they thought that the contractors, TAV (Tepe-Afken Vie) a turkish company had Ties with Israel, and beacuse some airlines such as Iran Aseman refused to operate to an airport "run by foreners". Only one plane was allowed to land which was an Airbus A330 Emirates Airlines from Dubai, the second flight from Dubai which was an Iran Air a310 was forced to land at Isfahan Intl Airport, because mehrabad didnt allow it to land there (AND IT WaS AN IRAN AIR FLIGHT!) the closing of the airport eventually came out to be a loss of 1,000,000 USD per day!
eventually in The airport is also close to the shrine of Imam Khomeini. only phase 1 of the airport has been completed, which in reality took 35 years to complete!, this is because the original design of the airport was before the revolution, but the construction only started in 1994.
http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1039888/0/nouser_1039/T0_-1_1039888.JPG




heres some other info..

A new airport opened in Tehran, Iran, in May 2004. Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) is equipped with advanced aviation technology and is estimated to have cost almost $1 billion. Associated investment projects, carried out by either private or public enterprises, include aircraft hangars, in-flight catering, hotel, duty-free shops, fuel supply and passenger and cargo handling facilities.

MARKET RATIONALE

This new airport will take over all domestic and international flights from the Mehrabad Airport (Tehran's other international airport). Studies carried out by the Civil Aviation Organisation (CAO) of Iran recognised that the present airport could not be upgraded and expanded to meet the expected growth levels.
Imam Khomeini International Airport is located in a 15 hectare area located some 30km to the south of Tehran on the Tehran-Qom highway. Work on the project began before the Islamic Revolution during the 1970s but was halted due to political circumstances. Overall responsibility for the project rests with the ministry for roads and transportation.

PROJECT TIMESCALE AND SIZE

Work on the airport started in 1994 and is due to progress in various phases. The first phase, completed by February 2001, initially gives a capacity of 12 million passengers and 200,000t of cargo a year. Depending on demand, the design allows for further expansion to 20 million passengers and 375,000t of cargo, with a final phase scheduled capacity of 40 million passengers and 700,000t of cargo.

RUNWAY

Phase 1 included construction of a single runway of 4,200m by 45m, with 10.5m-wide shoulders. A total of 12.8km of taxiway area connects runways with passenger and cargo terminals, hangars and a 30m-wide engine test pad. The apron area is more than 450,000m² wide to accommodate a total of 24 aircraft.

CONTROL TOWER

The 56.9m-high control tower has an area of 1,100m². The four-storey, glass-fronted technical block spans 6,800m². Navigation aids include the 755 DVOR (Doppler, very-high frequency, omni-directional radio range) supplied by the UK company Fernau, the 2020 DME (distance measuring equipment) and the Normarc ILS NM 7000 instrument landing system, providing the airport with CAT III approach and landing capability. IT HAS A FAIRLY ODD DESIGN, BECAUSE THE CONTROL TOWER IS SITUATED OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT, NOT INSIDE LIKE OTHER AIRPORTS




TERMINAL BUILDING

The passenger terminal building of 78,357m² is a three-level structure comprising a basement, departure and arrival halls at ground level, as well as a mezzanine arrivals floor. 14 air bridges link the aircraft, piers and gate lounges. 1,800 car parking spaces in a two-storey car park can be reached via footbridges. Two-level access roads separate arrivals and departures. Supporting structures include administration, services, maintenance, airport police and security guard buildings, and nearly 100 residential buildings on a 10,000m² complex.


The remote location of IKIA has placed considerable demands on the supply of utilities. A branch line was laid from the main gas trunk line to the east of the Qum highway, while wells were drilled for water supply. This is only sufficient for a few years of operations and the eventual aim is to transfer and treat water from Tehran's reservoirs. Tehran refinery is establishing a fuel supply through a new 250mm-diameter pipeline, 33km long. Distribution of utilities around the airport will be facilitated via a 2,850m concrete tunnel. Telecommunications contracts have been awarded and work is in progress to link the new airport to Mehrabad with around 400 communication lines, increasing to 2,000 lines in the future.


PHASE 2 of the airport is also set to be completed, including a Terminal 2 and resedential Area.

people might think that IKIA will compete with DIA (dubai intl airport) but this si not so. DIA has about 1,000,000m2 of room, and oh i wont go into the details, maybe later. But DIA is much bigger than IKIA, but IKIA doesnt even need to be big, i mean how many flights per day come to Iran, let alone Tehran in the first place? DIA can handle roughly 500 flights per day, whereas IKIA cant even handle half that amount.




unfortuaneteley, i wasnt able to go all the way inside the airport, so heres the pics that i got from insidee, THIS iS not The terminal, the terminal is behind the check-in sectionn (as u all know)...

http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1039943/0/nouser_1039/T0_-1_1039943.JPG


The baggage claim sectionn:

http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1039971/0/nouser_1039/T0_-1_1039971.JPG


And heres the view from outside the airport:

http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1042451/0/nouser_1042/T0_-1_1042451.JPG

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Any other questions? jus askk

Thanks for the pics....why so empty?

Awesome man , thanx a lot .

Thanks for the pics....why so empty?

Becuz it only operates flights from the gulf region , which is like 15-20 flights a day for such a big airport . It kinda pisses me off that foreign airlines still didn't agree to land there . They say the runway has security issues . Well , there are planes landing for a long time now , and nothing happened yet .
I like this airport , the only disadvantage is the long distance to the city .
Anyway , it should be fully operational in near future , becuz Mehrabal Int'l is a total mess !

it already is, flights have already been changed, the asian flights such as from Doha and Baku and Tashkent have already been transfered there, rest of the flights to transfer soon

I hope so !

I like the location of the airport...it has a very nice design. I am sure with this airport, the developement of the region will follow. Any big projects around the airports so far?

I think terminal 2 is going to be build soon , not sure about it though .

ah man i dont want to land there, itl take way to long for me to get to my place in tehran :cry: and imagine how much the taxi would cost :cry: right now its like 5000tomans to amir abbad from mehrabad, itl cost a lot more from out there... stupid airport!! :cry:

Me like (but they need to pimp it up (at this momment the control building looks kinda like the one in Amsterdam shiphol) And they need to ad maybe 2 or 3 runways to be a international player...

very modern, i love it!

all flights will be going to this airport soon because mehrabad is closing down for good. they are going to turn mehrabad airport into a huge park!

Actually, NO
i was ther in Iran! Mehrabad is not going to be A park, itll be for Domestic flights and a nother Military Base, like the two other airports beside mehrabad (Ghale Morghi and Doshan Tappeh)

IKIA is actually small, i mean believ me i was JUSt there. The airport cannot be a competitor for Dubai (REad My thread which got put into this thread, i explained alot!)


Tehran does not need a big airport because simply there arent many flights to Tehran. Dubai and IKIA will not compete, there are more than 100 Intl carriers operating to Dubai, whereas Iran has like 40-50 at the most! IkIA only needs 2 runways, in which they already have. Not 3 because they dont need it.


Dubai also opertaes around 500 flights per day, and if IKIA was to try to operate its maximum, it wouldne even reach half that amount of Dubai's

IKIA is defeniately VERRY Beuatiful and Modern and lovevly, and i agree the control tower shud be given a makeover

And, Iran IS going to be, and already is a Main Traffic area for Air Traffic, because it is the route to connecting Asia to Europe. It is roughly the "heart" or center of the middle east. but Air traffic is dense, not Routes to Iran, but routes THROUGH iran

^^ i heard that mehrabad was going to become a park, where did you get your info? i got mine from relatives.

http://tinypic.com/jsk2eq.jpg

actually, u might be correct, but why a park? there is so much history involved with mehrabad, they should make more complexes and stuuff

^^ mehrabad is old, it has no use anymore, its the the middle of a city and it is a really good place for a park! the more trees and parks the better.

Mehrabad is an important military base for both regular Air Force and the Pasdaran, unlikely it will convert to a park!

Beside there is a growth in domestic flights in Iran so Tehran will need two airports to accomodate that.

As for IKIA vs Dubai International well I think no contest, even before the current expansion Dubai wins hands down.

bvery nice someday i will visit this airport!!1

^^i hope that you can visit it someday!

israel should be irans #1 ally in the region in my opinion. if i was president, thats what would happen.

ya, very unlikeley for mehrabad to become a park

^^i hope that you can visit it someday!

israel should be irans #1 ally in the region in my opinion. if i was president, thats what would happen.


amen to your words!!!

^^i hope that you can visit it someday!

israel should be irans #1 ally in the region in my opinion. if i was president, thats what would happen.

I agree !

http://tinypic.com/jzxgdj.jpg

modern architecture of IKIA, photo by mani jahanshahi

oh no we have arabgulfphobia here. :ohno:
Yes, proud of it too. The Arabian Gulf doesn't exist, unless you count the Red Sea as the Arabian Gulf.

^^What is so wrong with you people!! In the GCC nobody gets pissed when hearing persian gulf, I don't know why do you guys care what others call in other countries. Don't you know that different places have different names in other countries, including the persian gulf. What do you expect from 7 arab countries that all are located on that spot to be calling it?? Persian???

they dont get pissed because it is the persian gulf thats the name of it! The arabian glf is fake it doesnt exist. And yes we do expect you to call it the persian gulf because it just is the persian gulf it doesnt have a nother name, just except it.

How come they don't call other places with other names? ha

^^What makes you think that theey don't???

This is not the right thread for this discussion.

The control tower is probably from the old design made in the 70s and they only got the new design for the terminal. At least they didnt make the whole terminal according to the old design.

^^ true...although I guess the controll tower would've looked much better if only it had a sole exterior of glass.

So its still not fully operational???

I really dont want to use it... its way too far out of Tehran for my liking... Itl cost a bomb for the taxi to get to my appt in Tehran from IKIA :runaway:

I like this airport. Although they could have given the control tower a better design.
So, when is this airport taking over Mehrabad's flights? Is it going to be months or maybe years?

I hope it doesnt ever :(... but thats a personal thing, the control tower is a very 70s design :yes:

Depends, realisticly a matter of months, I head there was a security risk on the runway thats why the transfer hasnt happened yet, but its probably also an administration thing, u know what its like in Iran *rolls eyes*... but again knowing the Islamic Republic it could take over a year to get that place fully operational... depends if they decide to pull their thumb out or not

BTW, its good to see u posting here more :)

it was planned in the Shah's time...i have the original plans in a book at home.. :)

I hope it doesnt ever :(... but thats a personal thing, the control tower is a very 70s design :yes:
It may be built from the original design of the airport from the seventies. The rest of the airport was redesigned in a modern style since so much time had elapsed it was out of date.

From the outside it indeed looks like somthing from 20/30 years ago.

IKIA project to be financed by offering bonds
TEHRAN, July 9 (MNA) – The government has agreed to sell to the public a sum of Rls.500 billion bonds through which the building of the first phase of Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) would be possible, noted on Sunday, Minister of Roads and Transportation Mohammad Rahmati.

With an investment of about Rls.1000 billion to Rls.1100 billion we will be able to complete the first phase of the building of Imam Khomeini International Airport project, he added.

Chairman of the Management and Planning Organization (MPO), Farhad Rahbar has undertaken to make provisions for the funds required for the completion of the project in the balanced budget amendment bill, the minister said adding, at present, the airport is incomplete and its completion calls for further investments.

If the necessary funds are allocated and the first phase of the project is completed, all foreign flights will be definitely transferred from Mehrabad Airport to IKIA before the year end (Iranian year ends March 20)

END

SOURCE: http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=350638

all foreign flights will be definitely transferred from Mehrabad Airport to IKIA before the year end (Iranian year ends March 20)


and free busses to the city will also be available? i sure hope the pros of the transfer of airports will exceed the cons.

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wow, great pictures! :D Nice to see some people in the new airport. I hope to see it used for flights outsde of the M-E soon too.

very interesting

here you can rent cars. if you want to drive with a mercedes benz s class you must pay 200000 toman = 200 euro.:lol:
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Great airport...enyojed the pictures. :)

but the time tables are upseting me :no:

but the time tables are upseting me

chera? designesh ghadimiye, ya jaye nasbesh eshtebast?

^^ Lol, na baba asabesh khurde bekhatere in ke hameye parvaz ha faghat be khavar e miyane hast :)

^^ Lol, na baba asabesh khurde bekhatere in ke hameye parvaz ha faghat be khavar e miyane hast :)

:lol: ahan taajob kardam. harchi fekr mikonam eshkale in time table chiye be hija nemiresam:nuts:

key parvazha be keshvar/sharhayeh OOroopa expand misheh.... akharin bar ke dar Iran boodam, saleh 2005, dar froodgayeh mehrabad neveshteh bood ke ta saleh 2006 hameyeh parvazha as THR miran be IKIA...
omidvaram harchi zoodtar in kar ro bekonand, garche froodgah kheyli as Tehran DoorEh!!!

Awesome airport! What's going to happen to the old one?

Awesome airport! What's going to happen to the old one?

Theoretically, the old one should have closed when this one opened. In Iran, time stands still.

By the way, nice Avatar. :)

I've seen the old one being referd to an Domestic airport on places such as future metro maps...there are plans on connecting Mehrabad with the metro.
So maybe they will still use it for some domestic flights?

http://www.tehranmetro.com/images/5LinesMap.gif

^^ kare ahmaghanei hast. bejaye-in ke ikia-ro vasl konen be metro, ke mardom 1.30 tu rah nabash bara residan be city, mehrabad ke az saale bad khali mishe, taaze daran metro mizanan:bash:

monorail bayad az ikia bezanan be city, na az ariashahr

^^ kare ahmaghanei hast. :bash: bejain ke ikia-ro vasl konen be metro, ke mardom 1.30 tu rah nabash bara residan be city, mehrabad ke ta saale bad khali mishe, taaze daran metro mizanan:bash:

As posted in the Metro thread, Emam airport will supposedly be connected to line 1 in 2007. I think it's one of the major reasons they havent transferred all the international flights to the new airport yet; getting there is a bitch for many.

But Im not sure if many people would prefer to drag their suitcases up and down the stairs of a crowded metro over taking a cab. :lol: Maybe they should consider connecting the airport to the national railway and set up an express train from the airport to the city train station, which is still pretty south but atleast its easier to reach than the airport.

Line 4 which connects Mehrabad is part of phase 2, they havent started construction on the line afaik but the whole Phase 2 is planned to be completed in 2012, I don't think they are connecting Mehrabad for no reason, maybe it'll still be used but to a smaller extent.

LOL i heard this thing when i was there, at IKIA i asekd some person something and they said that there is a private helicopter also available! though im pretty sure it too is at leatst 20 years old...

good pics

Looks too similar to JFK arrivals terminal...

Not sure how it will handle load either by the looks of it.

Looks too similar to JFK arrivals terminal...

Not sure how it will handle load either by the looks of it.

Hehe well, that I don't know. :)
But I know the airport originally was based on the Dallas, Texas int airport. :)

IKIA projects to be financed through foreign investment
TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) — With no budget allocated to the development of IKIA the remaining projects will be completed through foreign investment, noted the Minister of Roads and Transportation Mohammad Rahmati on Monday.

Given that in the next year’s budget bill and the amendments to it no budget has been earmarked for the development of the Imam Khomeini International Airport, Iranian Airports Company has been asked to present a list of its next projects development of which call for foreign investment, ISNA news agency quoted the minister as saying on Monday.

He added that a new runway as well as a cargo terminal will be included in the list of the projects to be completed in the airport’s second development stage.

Referring to the low level of the expenditures on the building of the airport, he announced that something between Rls.400 billion and Rls.500 billion has been invested in the airport’s infrastructures including its terminal and navigation equipments. He also explained that the figure is perhaps one tenth of the costs of the building of an international airport.

http://mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=447296

from http://avia.ir/


WTF?

i sear i had some FARSI written text there, how can i post in FARSI?!? it doenst let me?

all in all article was saying that all INTL flights will be transferred to IKIA in the next 2 months (april-ish), or Oribehesht 1386,

^ nice signature :)

Thanks man I really like Iran as well as the Farsi language :)

OK PEOPLE, LOOL an UPDATE from my father he just was at IKIA, and well, INSIDE it for his connecting flight to Dubai,

he says the AIRPORT SUCKS BALLS :ohno: the columns are WAY to close to eachtother, the Design is horrendous, no services, no nothing, very smaall terminal...

well, hmm it seems he is not fond of it...it still looks pretty fabulous from teh outside though! i wonder what will happen when they build the rest of the phases:?

^^ Kakoj, ti si yoguslovenski ?

100% Srpski ali prije 3000(?) godine mi smo bili Irani :cheers:

100% Srpski ali prije 3000(?) godine mi smo bili Irani :cheers:

Hehehe, dobro dobro brate ! :)

in my opinon its too far from tehran..it takes 2 hours to get there from my house :S:S PLUS I LIKE MEHRABAD! lol look at its name it soo much prettierr thatn "imam khomeini" airport CMON :D (im not saying anything political just pointing out had mehrabad sounds better :P)

in my opinon its too far from tehran..it takes 2 hours to get there from my house :S:S PLUS I LIKE MEHRABAD! lol look at its name it soo much prettierr thatn "imam khomeini" airport CMON :D (im not saying anything political just pointing out had mehrabad sounds better :P)

It was originally named Ahmed Abad Airport... just an 'interesting' note, lol :P

^^ What a weird and Javad name. J/K :lol:
I'd rather go with IKIA than Ahmad Abad Aiport, he he :)

OMG look what I found, an aerial pic of IKIA. Yayyyyy:banana:

I had not seen an aerial pic before. Very cool

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OH^^!!! NICEE!!

wow...it is SO SMALL...

you do know that they will build phase TWO on the opposite side?? to have 4 RUNWAYS


TAHNKNS FOR THE PIC!!!

OH^^!!! NICEE!!

wow...it is SO SMALL...

you do know that they will build phase TWO on the opposite side?? to have 4 RUNWAYS


TAHNKNS FOR THE PIC!!!

Yes that's what i was thinking too. It is very small but how many gates does the phase 2 have and where will they build it. Are there renderings of it out there yet?

Thanks

ummm dadash, i dont have any renders, and i cant find any online, but in IRAN itself, i think i saw one.
:dunno:

sharmandeh

Work on the airport started in 1994 and is due to progress in various phases. The first phase, completed by February 2001, initially gives a capacity of 12 million passengers and 200,000t of cargo a year.

Isnt that bigger than Mehrabad. :|

^^ I think Mehrabad's international has 3 or 4 gates while this one has 7, but still 7 si so few to serve as Iran's main airport they should build at least 20 more gates and that would be nice:)

Hello everybody. I have a few questions on the new airport. First off, from my experience as a traveler, a find that the belts used in baggage claims that are not slanted and do not have a side barrier, easily fall off at corners and can hold fewer items. Why didn't they build the newer kind? (My experience with these old belts is from the airport in Rhodes, Greece and La Guardia Airport in New York, NY, USA)

My second question, is this just one of a number of terminals to be built or is this the only one? I noticed that it only had seven concourses to the aircraft (I could be wrong though) Is that enough to hold future predictions of air travel to Tehran in the future? In Israel our main airport, Ben Gurion International Airport, has 24 jetways connecting passengers to the planes from the concourses. I would assume that a country the size of Iran and with a population so big, that they would need an airport bigger than here in Israel.

Thanks in advance to anyone that can answer these questions.

Hello everybody. I have a few questions on the new airport. First off, from my experience as a traveler, a find that the belts used in baggage claims that are not slanted and do not have a side barrier, easily fall off at corners and can hold fewer items. Why didn't they build the newer kind? (My experience with these old belts is from the airport in Rhodes, Greece and La Guardia Airport in New York, NY, USA)

My second question, is this just one of a number of terminals to be built or is this the only one? I noticed that it only had seven concourses to the aircraft (I could be wrong though) Is that enough to hold future predictions of air travel to Tehran in the future? In Israel our main airport, Ben Gurion International Airport, has 24 jetways connecting passengers to the planes from the concourses. I would assume that a country the size of Iran and with a population so big, that they would need an airport bigger than here in Israel.

Thanks in advance to anyone that can answer these questions.

^ It is planed to be expanded sometime in the future, but there is another main airport in use currently and it seems this airport is still waiting for the neccesary funds in order to expand.


Work on the airport started in 1994 and is due to progress in various phases. The first phase, completed by February 2001, initially gives a capacity of 12 million passengers and 200,000t of cargo a year. Depending on demand, the design allows for further expansion to 20 million passengers and 375,000t of cargo, with a final phase scheduled capacity of 40 million passengers and 700,000t of cargo.

Also Tehran is not the only international gateway. There is Mashhad, Tabriz, Isfahan, Shiraz, Kish, Qeshm, Abadan, Zahedan, Bandar Abbas, Shahrekord, Bushehr, Ahvaz and more.

I Love this Airport!!! but do somebody knows when the phase 2 will begins? I really hope soon:)

Iran has agreed to pay $5.7 million in compensation to Turkey's TAV Airports Holding TAVHL.IS after its contract to operate Tehran's new airport was scrapped in 2004, an Iranian news agency said on Monday.

Mehr news agency quoted an unnamed source as saying the cabinet approved a measure requiring the state airports body to pay the $5.7 million to TAV.

It was not immediately clear whether the amount was all or part of compensation claims by TAV. Iranian officials could not be contacted immediately to confirm the report.

TAV won an 11-year contract in 2003 to operate Terminal One of the city's new international airport and build a second terminal there for about $200 million.

But the project fell through after Iranian hardliners opposed allowing a foreign firm to take such a key role. The airport was re-opened under Iranian management.

A TAV consortium poured $15 million into the airport but was unceremoniously thrown out on the eve of the first flights in 2004 by hardline Revolutionary Guards.

All Aircrafts are ready for going to their planned destinations.You can See EP-MHK, EP-IBB, Iraqi B727, EP-ASB, EP-IBP, EK-74763, EP-IAD, EP-IAB, EP-IBK.Another side of us there are EP-IBL, EK-31088, EK-74713
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You can see Poor EP-IBM, EP-IBN and EP-MHJ in the background :(
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this airport is runned directly by sepah .. so .....

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Mahan Air Boeing 747-300 at the airport
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Beautifull. when airport there are in Tehran?

thanx! nice pics.. theres ALOT of natural light which makes it seem more spacious... and i like that they're offering a wifi service.

Pix from last winter

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Last winter due to heavey snow storms many flights were delayed and canceled

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Baggage Claim and Meeting Point Areas

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it was closed down for three days during the last winter

and they sacked the airport's manager

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Hi all, these are the pix I took when I was coming back from Tehran 2 weeks ago.

You can see my trip pictures on pages 105-108 of my Tehran Pic Thread in my signature :)

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I don't know why our plane was not linked with air bridge so we had to take the bus.

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Wow it looks high class airport. Very nice. It just need houses around the airport. Its so lonely out there

Wow it looks high class airport. Very nice. It just need houses around the airport. Its so lonely out there

Houses? Maybe that's not a good idea! Who'd want to live there?

They need an airport hotel - Perhaps a NOVOTEL or a CROWN PLAZA. Something not Iranian managed.

Nice pictures as always Alitezar.

Houses? Maybe that's not a good idea! Who'd want to live there?

They need an airport hotel - Perhaps a NOVOTEL or a CROWN PLAZA. Something not Iranian managed.

Nice pictures as always Alitezar.

Um look at other airports of the word. there are houses near the airport.

Just look at Mehrbad airport. tons of houses around it.

Yes, Iran should put hotels around it and some plazas, malls, etc...

It is much bigger than Mehrabad but not much better IMO.

It is much bigger than Mehrabad but not much better IMO.

LOL, are u joking? Have u been there already? Of course it's better than Mehrabad. Way better!

I bet Persian has just got back lol

I bet Persian has just got back lol

yes :lol:

LOL, are u joking? Have u been there already? Of course it's better than Mehrabad. Way better!

lol, I was at the airport 3 times in the lost month and just got back a few days ago. Some parts of it, for example where u hand in your loggage is very big and nice. But the place when you collect your loggage on the other hand is even smaller than Mehrabad.
But overall it is a good airport especially the look of it from outside.

It may be a different building...but its got the same crap management...so what difference has it made? NONE.

I spent 2 hours waiting for luggage....even longer than at Mehrabad.

It may be a different building...but its got the same crap management...so what difference has it made? NONE.

I spent 2 hours waiting for luggage....even longer than at Mehrabad.

100% agreed

i hate that bleemin xray check at the start, u have to wait ages in middle of hunders of ppl trying to find the "queue", no where in the world i seen that u go through xray first then u hand in ur lugage then police passport then again xray, very very poor management, and i have always departed with delayss, + i have to add that the plan for this airport was prepared under shah's regime, and the ground was layed ready, but the glorious ppl didnt gave the chance + lets not forget that iranair made 30 flight to london per week, now after 30 years thats 2 flight per week!!!

true

my aunt was one of the designers of the airport ate the thime of the shah there where plans for 3 terminals and 6 runways!!

^^ Very cool

100% agreed

i hate that bleemin xray check at the start, u have to wait ages in middle of hunders of ppl trying to find the "queue", no where in the world i seen that u go through xray first then u hand in ur lugage then police passport then again xray, very very poor management, and i have always departed with delayss, + i have to add that the plan for this airport was prepared under shah's regime, and the ground was layed ready, but the glorious ppl didnt gave the chance + lets not forget that iranair made 30 flight to london per week, now after 30 years thats 2 flight per week!!!

Hi Sina,

Total flights to London from Tehran per week are 14 flights not 2.

Iran Air has daily flights to London as well as BMI :)

Iran air has flights 4 times a week I think.

No, it does, checkout the ikia.ir under the monthly flight schedules. Below is a screen print of it.

I made a mistake, Iran air has 6 weekly flights but BMI has 7 so total 13 weekly flights to London :)

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100% agreed
lets not forget that iranair made 30 flight to london per week
lets not forget that half the passengers would have worked for the Anglo Iranian Oil Company or associated companies who did very well off Iranian oil at the expense of Iran

lets not forget that half the passengers would have worked for the Anglo Iranian Oil Company or associated companies who did very well off Iranian oil at the expense of Iran

Actually, BOAC used to fly to Abadan direct.

Mahan Air will resume their flights to europe from IKIA from 8november :D

^^ I think they were already flying to Europe, weren't they?

^^No they where banned and put on the black list but now they will resume their flights.

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Alitezar this picture is for you here is the MD11 KLM :D
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^^ You have no idea how happy I am to see the KLM pix. I love blue and KLM is my most favorite airline.

Thanks buddy :D

Please post plane pix if you find them somewhere like the ones above.

Thanks.

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Inter Airlines (Adana Şakirpaşa) [seasonal] a320-216/a321-200
Iran Air (Amsterdam, Ankara, Bahrain, Baku, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing, Beirut, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Damascus, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Hamburg, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jeddah, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Larnaca, London-Heathrow, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Mumbai, Paris-Orly, Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino, Seoul-Incheon, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tashkent, Tokyo-Narita, Vienna)
Iran Aseman Airlines (Bishkek, Dubai, Dushanbe, Kabul) B727-200/F100
Iraqi Airways (Baghdad) B737-200/B727-200
Jazeera Airways (Kuwait) a320-219
Kish Air (Damascus, Dubai, Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir [Seasonal]) MD82
KLM (Amsterdam) MD11
Kuwait Airways (Kuwait City) a320-211
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) a340-311
Mahan Air (Abu Dhabi, Almaty, Baghdad, Bahrain, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Dammam, Damascus, Delhi, Dubai, Erbil, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kuala Lumpur [Chartered], Lahore, Sharjah) a310-304/a320-232/B747-3B3/B747-422
Nouvelair (Monastir) [Chartered] a320-232
Onur Air (Ankara, Istanbul-Atatürk, Isparta, Izmir) [Seasonal] a320-200/a300-600R
Pegasus Airlines (Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, Konya [seasonal]) B737-800
Qatar Airways (Doha) a319-211/a320-200/a321-211
SunExpress (Antalya, Adana Şakirpaşa) [seasonal] B737-700
Syrian Arab Airlines (Damascus) a320-216
Taban Air (Almaty, Damascus, Dubai, Istanbul-Atatürk, Isparta, Izmir, Konya [seasonal], Varna [seasonal] ) avro95
Tajik Air (Dushanbe) B737-200
Turkish Airlines (Ankara, Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir) a320-211/a321-211/B737-800
UM Airlines (Kiev-Boryspil) MD80/TU154M

^^

Most of the flights to by foreign airlines to IKIA are by single-aisle, low-density airliners: A320s, 737s, etc... BMI flies from London to Tehran with a A320! 6 hours on an A320? Jeez! It's also funny how the BMI planes are still in the old British Airways rivalry and not the proper BMI colours.

Also, some of the routes above are incorrect: Iran Air does not fly to Bangkok or to Paris Charles de Gaulle.

^^

Most of the flights to by foreign airlines to IKIA are by single-aisle, low-density airliners: A320s, 737s, etc... BMI flies from London to Tehran with a A320! 6 hours on an A320? Jeez! It's also funny how the BMI planes are still in the old British Airways rivalry and not the proper BMI colours.

Also, some of the routes above are incorrect: Iran Air does not fly to Bangkok or to Paris Charles de Gaulle.
It's an 321-211 check flightstats and sometimes I fly with them to Iran also with Airfrance but they suspend their flights:(, Iran Air fly's to Bangkok 3 flights weekly with an 747-sp/310-300, yes I didn't see that about charles de gaulle I changed to Orly, you can also see this link here is a picture of Iran Air landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6388790&nseq=5

It's an 321-211 check flightstats and sometimes I fly with them to Iran also with Airfrance but they suspend their flights:(, Iran Air fly's to Bangkok 3 flights weekly with an 747-sp/310-300, yes I didn't see that about charles de gaulle I changed to Orly, you can also see this link here is a picture of Iran Air landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6388790&nseq=5

An A32-211 is a stretched A320 - That means it's a longer A320 (I know my planes and aiports). I also know that Iran Air doesn't fly to Suvarnabhumi Airport as I was there last week myself and checked. That picture must have been a charter flight or something. If you go to the official Suvarnabhumi website, you will not find Iran Air as an airline flying into that airport:

http://www.airportthai.co.th/airportnew/sun/airline_directory.asp?lang=en

An A32-211 is a stretched A320 - That means it's a longer A320 (I know my planes and aiports). I also know that Iran Air doesn't fly to Suvarnabhumi Airport as I was there last week myself and checked. That picture must have been a charter flight or something. If you go to the official Suvarnabhumi website, you will not find Iran Air as an airline flying into that airport:

http://www.airportthai.co.th/airportnew/sun/airline_directory.asp?lang=en
I know also my planes and Airports and an a32 is not the same as a 320 just like an a330 is not the same as a a340 and IRAN AIR fly's to Bangkok they started this route from 27june 2008 and I check every day the Imam khomeini website and their they have 3 weekly flights www.ikia.ir

^^For Persanhttp://www2.irna.com/en/news/view/line-16/0807081103184413.htm

Tehran, July 8, IRNA Iran-Thailand-Flight
Iran's national airline (Iran Air) will begin direct flights to Thailand as of July 28.
Announcing this, the airline's deputy managing director for commercial planning noted that Iran Air will operate two flights a week on Saturday and Friday.

Iran Air will operate Tehran-Bangkok flights using Boeing 747 SP.

^^ That's a great info and what I was always curious about what type ofplanes are used in Tehran routes and pix. Many thanks :)

For all the vatanforoushes:

http://img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2hfs5zsxg1.jpg

^^

Most of the flights to by foreign airlines to IKIA are by single-aisle, low-density airliners: A320s, 737s, etc...

It's even trhe same in Europe you don't see a 747 KLM or Air France in London Airport or a 747 BA in Frankfurt since the distance is little between European cities they all use mostly 737 and A320 for their flights. It's actually very good that KLM, Air France before discontinuig and Lufthansa and Emirates they suse such huge aircrafs that they use for Trans Atlantic routes for Tehran.

All other airlines serving Tehran have shorter distance like Russia, Arab countries or Eastern Europe, that's why they use low density planes.

For all the vatanforoushes:

http://img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2hfs5zsxg1.jpg

Here is the image:

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/513/2hfs5zsxg1.jpg

I don't blame Mahan Air. The company that provides the satellite image uses the incorrect term because Arab countries forced them to change it and technically, since they don't sell directly to Iran, Mahan cannot have them change it. Or can they? Does anyone know?

It's even trhe same in Europe you don't see a 747 KLM or Air France in London Airport or a 747 BA in Frankfurt since the distance is little between European cities they all use mostly 737 and A320 for their flights. It's actually very good that KLM, Air France before discontinuig and Lufthansa and Emirates they suse such huge aircrafs that they use for Trans Atlantic routes for Tehran. All other airlines serving Tehran have shorter distance like Russia, Arab countries or Eastern Europe, that's why they use low density planes.

I realize that airlines don't fly 747s on European routes, but Iran-Europe flights are not intra-European routes: They are intercontinental routes. In Asia, most routes are flown with at least 767s, A330s etc... I was just surprised that BMI flies to Tehran with an A321 (as does Alitalia). I guess this means that the routes are not always full to capacity.

I know also my planes and Airports and an a32 is not the same as a 320 just like an a330 is not the same as a a340 and IRAN AIR fly's to Bangkok they started this route from 27june 2008 and I check every day the Imam khomeini website and their they have 3 weekly flights www.ikia.ir

Ummm... The A321 is the same as the A320 in the sense that it's the same plane but just stretched. (Even Airbus [ LINK (http://www.airbus.com/en/aircraftfamilies/a320/a321/) ] says so!) As for Iran Air flying to Bangkok - As I said: I was there last week, ASKED and they told me that it didn't fly there. It's worth noting that the Iranian media is not always correct. By the way, the www.ikia.ir website even doesn't say that Iran Air flies to Bangkok. [ LINK (http://www.ikia.ir/pages/templates/Template1/?mi=564&ki=2) ]

I realize that you don't see a 747 on European routes, but Iran-Europe are not intro-European routes: They are intercontinental routes. In Asia, most routes are flown with at least 767s, A330s etc... I was just surprised that BMI flies to Tehran with an A321 (as does Alitalia).


I think for flights about and less than 5 hours there is no need for long haul aircrafts

I realize that airlines don't fly 747s on European routes, but Iran-Europe flights are not intra-European routes: They are intercontinental routes. In Asia, most routes are flown with at least 767s, A330s etc... I was just surprised that BMI flies to Tehran with an A321 (as does Alitalia). I guess this means that the routes are not always full to capacity.



Ummm... The A321 is the same as the A320 in the sense that it's the same plane but just stretched. (Even Airbus [ LINK (http://www.airbus.com/en/aircraftfamilies/a320/a321/) ] says so!) As for Iran Air flying to Bangkok - As I said: I was there last week, ASKED and they told me that it didn't fly there. It's worth noting that the Iranian media is not always correct. By the way, the www.ikia.ir website even doesn't say that Iran Air flies to Bangkok. [ LINK (http://www.ikia.ir/pages/templates/Template1/?mi=564&ki=2) ]
No you must just look at the timetable and you might not believe me but iran air fly's to bangkok and I don't think IRNA will lie about such things and the 320 and 321 are family but that doesn't make it the same.

Go look at this websites pleas!
http://www.bfsasia.com/fullnews_index.php?id=145

http://www.bangkokflightservices.com/gallery/index.php?option=com_ponygallery&Itemid=0&func=viewcategory&catid=22
just click on the images.

No you must just look at the timetable and you might not believe me but iran air fly's to bangkok and I don't think IRNA will lie about such things and the 320 and 321 are family but that doesn't make it the same.

OK. So Iran Air flew to BKK. Now it doesn't! Perhaps it was a seasonal flight? As for the A320 and the A321 - You're playing with semantics.

OK. So Iran Air flew to BKK. Now it doesn't! Perhaps it was a seasonal flight? As for the A320 and the A321 - You're playing with semantics.
they still fly!no not seasonal
http://airlineroute.blogspot.com/2008/10/iran-air-310-to-bangkok.html check this!

TEHR-IR, I truly appreciate you posting all these great sources and pix, I trusted you at first place and knew that they fly to Bangkok :)

Thanks very much and if you have time that would be great to keep these lovely pix coming :)

^^you're welcome:D I will post so many as I can:D thanks

Iran Air B747-Sp at IKIA airport
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/0/9/7/1396790.jpg



http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/2986941430_b41e9c50e8_o.jpg


You know wath is weird, I Can find thousends of images about Schiphol,Istanbul-Ataturk,Dubai int'l,Mehrabad but never from IKIA airport :bash: why? can somebody eplain me that?:)
and the Iranian spotters website http://www.iraviation.com/ doesn't working anymore:( I think the website is suspended:(:(:(:(:(

Iran Air B747-Sp at IKIA airport

You know wath is weird, I Can find thousends of images about Schiphol,Istanbul-Ataturk,Dubai int'l,Mehrabad but never from IKIA airport :bash: why? can somebody eplain me that?:)
and the Iranian spotters website http://www.iraviation.com/ doesn't working anymore:( I think the website is suspended:(:(:(:(:(

Lovely pic. Thanks :)

The reason is that IKA has been recently added to all their databases maybe less than 6 months since I checked with one of the Airliners.net webmasters and he said it's new and takes a while to upload it to their list of airports.

Iran Air was number one in the Safest and Best Airplane/flight in the 1970s with the lowest amount of accidents, high quality and high service, always on time etc.

Now? LOL. Now, when a plane is on fire it takes emergency teams an hour to arrive.

welcome to the golden days:cheers:

I heard on airliners.net forum that Austrian airlines had upgrade their flights to IKA to an B767-300 :D

I found a scale model of IKIA airport with 2 terminals, is this the new terminal they will build?

http://www.4dscalemodels.com/images/site_topography/site_topography2.jpg

Thanks for finding the pic, very cool :)

I hope not since it looks like an exact copy and seems retard a bit to make an exact same one.

^^ That would be the most sensible decision! A complete new design would cost millions and it wouldnt match the current terminal.

^^^^I think IKIA needs a new design, this terminal is quite old from inside and outside, outside looks like early 90s and inside like the 80s they need a moderner terminal like the one in DUBAI to due become to the International standarts and I mean a bigger passenger capacity to can be an airline hub for the middle east.
they need also more fire stations and shopping facilities like Schiphol, amsterdam and most important of all a big transportation network! and so wath it will cost billions I think our governement must do something for the people instead of put all the money in their pockets :(Iran haves the money for it!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/2547926678_60c1b0c317.jpg?v=0

^^^^I think IKIA needs a new design, this terminal is quite old from inside and outside, outside looks like early 90s and inside like the 80s they need a moderner terminal like the one in DUBAI to due become to the International standarts and I mean a bigger passenger capacity to can be an airline hub for the middle east.
they need also more fire stations and shopping facilities like Schiphol, amsterdam and most important of all a big transportation network! and so wath it will cost billions I think our governement must do something for the people instead of put all the money in their pockets :(Iran haves the money for it!

the look is not that important, the important thing is Management Management Management Management ........!!! so that all flight leave with no more than 15min delay

++++ another important thing is make that bloody metro ASAP!!! i am sick of paying (35$) and begging those greedy taxi drivers!!!!

^^look is important maybe not for you or for me but it is for people outside Iran, the first thing they see ina a country is the airport so I think they should invest more money on it for example do you prefer a mehrabad terminal or a Dubai terminal I choose the Dubai one beceause it's modern,t haves shoppings so that's good for peoples that must transit,they have a bigger passenger capacity and all transportation equipments.so it's easyer and Iran is a country that haves more potential (in my eyes) so I think they must invest money on their airports especially in big city's like Tehran and Mashad

I don't think Iran has much of a chance to become the Middle East hub, especially competing with Dubai and other Persian Gulf states.

There is much scope for becoming the main hub for Central Asia though, as those states gain in power and reputation the traffic will increase.

Also Sina is completely right a metro or just a regular train link is essential for the airports success for domestic tourism (among ex-pats or otherwise).

^^yes as I said a good transportation network, but my opinion is a new design for the new terminal. beceause these one is qiute boring from inside:(

I think I found the new terminal design

http://www.payvand.com/news/04/feb/iran-ikia1.jpg

Thats a really old photo. I think that is the original design from the seventies before they decided to update the design.


Here here! Also I dont think it is like an early nineties or eighties terminal. Its not like Dubai's terminals but that doesnt mean it is old fashioned. Its just a more conventional design. Show me a terminal from 15-20 years ago like IKIA.

u quote me, but ur message wasn't really directed at me lol

, u said they "updated" the design,OMG, u mean they cut too many corners :lol:

Thats a really old photo. I think that is the original design from the seventies before they decided to update the design.
the look is not that important, the important thing is Management Management Management Management ........!!! so that all flight leave with no more than 15min delay

++++ another important thing is make that bloody metro ASAP!!! i am sick of paying (35$) and begging those greedy taxi drivers!!!!

Here here! Also I dont think it is like an early nineties or eighties terminal. Its not like Dubai's terminals but that doesnt mean it is old fashioned. Its just a more conventional design. Show me a terminal from 15-20 years ago like IKIA.

IKIA

Deparatures hall
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/3004858616_350d943610_b.jpg

IKIA deparatures
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/3004858458_aeb9ca34ae_b.jpg

^^ Nice pix. Thanks :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/3007824586_44d2c20f01_b.jpg

this airport is soo shit that the designs and population estimates for this airport are from 1979 when the shah was running things, average time u have to wait for parking is 20 mins ... not enough parking spaces, not enought space in airport, this airport was meant for 30 years ago not now in a city with over 30million population

^^this airport is under expansion!! this is only a little phase of the airport they are building 2other runways and an other terminal that it's bigger than these one that makes 2terminals and 3runways

this airport is soo shit that the designs and population estimates for this airport are from 1979 when the shah was running things, average time u have to wait for parking is 20 mins ... not enough parking spaces, not enought space in airport, this airport was meant for 30 years ago not now in a city with over 30million population
and if you had good information Tehran is only 18million people how do you come on 30million+ ?

Conviasa at Tehran
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc171/l0nd0n2/conviasa_teheran_snow2.jpg

^^ Very cool :)

Mahan Air at IKIA
http://blog.t3net.in.th/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/teheran-3.jpg

IKIA deparatures
http://blog.t3net.in.th/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/teheran-2.jpg

Iran Air landing at IKIA airport
http://www.payvand.com/news/08/jan/Iran-Air-plane.jpg

Jazeera Airways landing at IKIA
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6866/bild1091ik4.jpg

Jazeera Airways landing at IKIA
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/9049/bild1094gw6.jpg

Jazeera at IKIA
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Jazeera parked at IKIA
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Jazeera at Tehran
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/424/bild1097pp6.jpg

Mahan Air 310-300 at IKIA airport Terminal
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/1493/bild1098rr3.jpg

^^ I just love these pix, keep them coming. Thanks :)

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/04/121651_orig.jpg

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/04/121641_orig.jpg

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/04/121650_orig.jpg

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/04/121661_orig.jpg

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/04/121664_orig.jpg

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/04/121670_orig.jpg

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/04/121669_orig.jpg

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/04/121668_orig.jpg
:)

^^ I really like the color of the chairs at IKIA, nice blue :)

Khouzestan is going to stand in the cloudy day after arriving from Mumbai.
http://images2.jetphotos.net/img/1/1/5/8/42210_1226104851.jpg

^^ Nice intro and pic :lol:

cheers

Kuwait Airways a320-211 standing on the gate:D
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1375/770142558_eda65d48ee_o.jpg

People are getting of the plane by an air bridge
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/67/161530542_ecfda24828_o.jpg

Yayyyy. Thanks :)

You're welcome:D

Turkish Airlines 737-800 from Ankara at IKIA Airport
http://images2.jetphotos.net/img/2/5/3/4/27882_1227638435.jpg

^^ Lovely pix. Thanks :)

IKA Arrivals Area
by Mohammad Zamani Mehr

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/4245/waitingre7.jpg

http://images2.jetphotos.net/img/1/1/4/3/19887_1228131341.jpg

^^ Wow beautiful. Thanks :D

I hope by next time I fly to Iran that the airport still won't be an absolute shambles...

I've been to IKA twice and both times were no different than going to Mehrabad...

Still hugely mismanaged, still understaffed, still not big enough for the amount of people who come through the airport daily.

I hope by next time I fly to Iran that the airport still won't be an absolute shambles...

I've been to IKA twice and both times were no different than going to Mehrabad...

Still hugely mismanaged, still understaffed, still not big enough for the amount of people who come through the airport daily.

100% agreed

They are soo stupid specially their propaganda of first checking passengers and their luggages through x-ray then check-in where in the world is like that!?!
and there is only a few x-ray machine, so imagine wat it would be like if only 300 ppl come in! with their luggages! ....ppl stamping on each other and hitting each other with their trolley's

and look who runs this airport :

http://www.mehrnews.com/mehr_media/image/2005/04/121650_orig.jpg

100% agreed
and there is only a few x-ray machine, so imagine wat it would be like if only 300 ppl come in! with their luggages! ....ppl stamping on each other and hitting each other with their trolley's



I nearly got myself into a fight in the q. to get into Mehrabad once... Some guy kept hitting me in the back of my legs with his trolley... I turned round and in a very calm manner threatened him and he stopped! :lol:

Real headache though, the whole system... authoritarianism gone wild in an airport.

Mahan Air B747-422

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/4/2/3/1456324.jpg

Mahan Air a310-304

http://images2.jetphotos.net/img/2/2/2/0/41766_1233167022.jpg

Lufthansa a340-313x (sorry for bad quality)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/3004858856_1402d1565b_b.jpg

Iran Air a310-304 Ready for departure to Goteborg,Landvetter.

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/9/1/6/1477619.jpg

^^ Great pix, but I can't see the first 4 ..

here are the links:)

http://i1.planepictures.net/62/49/1179318340.jpg

http://i2.planepictures.net/78/98/1226934288.jpg

http://i2.planepictures.net/78/98/1226935542.jpg

http://i2.planepictures.net/80/48/1230744124.jpg

^^ Thanks but it does not allow me to see them but I went to its website and it's a very cool one.

Thank you...

^^you're welcome:D but I use Mozzila firefox there it works but anyway I'm glad you like it:D

http://i3.photoblog.com/photos/62027-1233071074-4.jpg

http://i3.photoblog.com/photos/62027-1233071074-1.jpg

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http://i3.photoblog.com/photos/62027-1233071074-0.jpg

^^you're welcome:D but I use Mozzila firefox there it works but anyway I'm glad you like it:D

Nope, I use firefox and it comes up with access forbidden:

Access forbidden!

You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 403
i2.planepictures.net
Sun Feb 15 15:36:08 2009
Apache/2.2.0 (Linux/SUSE)

^^ Wow lovely pix. Thank you :)

http://www.iraviation.com/Picture/pictures/105180.jpg

http://www.iraviation.com/Picture/pictures/105152.jpg

http://www.iraviation.com/Picture/pictures/104914.jpg

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http://www.iraviation.com/Picture/pictures/104776.jpg

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http://www.iraviation.com/Picture/pictures/105162.jpg

Tehran International Airport | فرودگاه امام خميني

http://media.farsnews.com/Media/8712/ImageReports/8712031609/1_8712031609_L600.jpg

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The Prayer Room

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Tehran International Airport - EXPANSION

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http://myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=01416474&size=large

http://myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=01409470&size=large

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http://myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=01409469&size=large

http://myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=00656994&size=large

Thanks for the links TEHR IR:cheers:
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flipin heck , u get in this plane, u'll die b4 it takes off!! look at the state of it :lol::lol:

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4742/myaviationnetphotoid006.jpg

^^ LOL xD :D what do you expect it was delivered to Iran in 1971 it's operating now 38 years xD

http://myiranpictures.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/DSC00570%282%29-800.JPG
http://myiranpictures.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-182

^^ Thanks for the pic :)

flipin heck , u get in this plane, u'll die b4 it takes off!! look at the state of it :lol::lol:

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4742/myaviationnetphotoid006.jpg
A bit of dirt and grease isnt going to make it crash!

A bit of dirt and grease isnt going to make it crash!

The wing looks like it's breaking apart:lol:

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وزير راه و ترابري خبر داد:
سرمايه*گذاري 1200 ميليارد توماني براي مرحله دوم توسعه فرودگاه امام(ره)


خبرگزاري فارس: وزير راه و ترابري گفت: بيش از يك هزار و 200 ميليارد تومان براي طراحي و ساخت مرحله دوم توسعه فرود*گاه امام خميني (ره) در نظر گرفته شده است كه در مدت زمان سه سال سرمايه*گذاري خواهد شد.

به گزارش خبرنگار اقتصادي باشگاه خبري فارس "توانا " حميد بهبهاني، وزير راه و ترابري، امروز در مراسم آغاز مرحله دوم طرح توسعه فرودگاه امام خميني (ره) ، كه با حضور سردار سرتيپ اسماعيل احمدي مقدم، فرمانده نيروي انتظامي، برگزار شد، گفت: بومي*سازي طرح*هاي توسعه فرودگاه* امام خميني (ره) بسيار ضروري است به گونه*اي كه طي شش ماه گذشته نواقص آن به طور مستمر درحال برطرف شدن است و بسياري از طرح*هاي موجود در توسعه اين فرودگاه نياز به بازنگري و اصلاح دارد.
اين مقام مسئول اظهار داشت: بيش از يك هزار و 200 ميليارد تومان براي طراحي و ساخت مرحله دوم توسعه اين فرود*گاه در نظر گرفته شده است كه در مدت زمان سه سال سرمايه*گذاري خواهد شد.
بهبهاني خاطر نشان كرد: مرحله دوم توسعه فرودگاه امام، شامل ساخت هتل چهار ستاره و پايانه دوم، براي جابه جايي سالانه 20 ميليون مسافر طراحي شده است كه با همكاري بنياد تعاون ناجا، به عنوان بخش غيردولتي، اجرا خواهد شد.
وزير راه و ترابري با بيان اينكه ظرفيت كنوني جابجايي در فرودگاه امام خميني (ره) حدود شش ميليون نفر است، گفت: ساخت توقفگاه خودرو با ظرفيت دو هزار و 500 دستگاه، ساخت باند جنوبي، ساخت پل هوايي براي اتصال فازهاي اول و *دوم فرودگاه و احداث مسجد *از ديگر برنامه هاي مرحله دوم توسعه است.
انتهاي پيام/

http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8712240565

They already have a prayer room , why do they wanna build a mosque for ? + Khomeini's Mausoleum is not very far from this airport either

They like spending their money on useless things...

Maybe instead of building mosques and prayer rooms they should sort out the poverty, drug addiction and HIV problems. But that isn't the Islamic Republic way! Everyone should be used to this by now...it doesn't surprise me a bit!

^^ For muslims who pray 5x a day this is an important facility in an international airport. And Iran has been commended for its work in takling drug use and HIV. What other country in the region has a methadone program, hands out free clean needles to addicts and supplies anti-retrovirals to treat HIV free. None of the rich Arab countries or Israel, only Iran. And its approach is the same as the most developed countries of western Europe. The reason Iran has such a bad problem with drugs and HIV is it has a huge border with Afghanistan where the heroin comes from on its way to Europe making the drug so widely available and cheap and heroin users get HIV. The government is also doing all it can to stop heroin getting into Iran. You can attack the government for many issues including maybe poverty but not really on these ones.

[IMG]http://i OMG I forgot I downloaded that pic from this forum! :nuts:

They like spending their money on useless things...

Maybe instead of building mosques and prayer rooms they should sort out the poverty, drug addiction and HIV problems. But that isn't the Islamic Republic way! Everyone should be used to this by now...it doesn't surprise me a bit!

im sure u will agree that everything has a balance, they made a airport all they did now was put a prayer room in it, many airports throughout the world even in asia have this facility

drugs and poverty have thier place too:)

^^Even in Europe there are small prayer rooms in the airports.

^^Even in Europe there are small prayer rooms in the airports.


exactly!!! both Edinburgh and Glasgow have islamic prayer rooms

^^also in Germany... xD

^^ For muslims who pray 5x a day this is an important facility in an international airport. And Iran has been commended for its work in takling drug use and HIV. What other country in the region has a methadone program, hands out free clean needles to addicts and supplies anti-retrovirals to treat HIV free. None of the rich Arab countries or Israel, only Iran. And its approach is the same as the most developed countries of western Europe. The reason Iran has such a bad problem with drugs and HIV is it has a huge border with Afghanistan where the heroin comes from on its way to Europe making the drug so widely available and cheap and heroin users get HIV. The government is also doing all it can to stop heroin getting into Iran. You can attack the government for many issues including maybe poverty but not really on these ones.

i OMG I forgot I downloaded that pic from this forum! :nuts:

I think that gole_hayahou meant that the government spends huge sums building mosques and prayer halls across Iran rather than do more meaningful things like fight HIV etc. Case-in-point: My family friend is from Abadan and after the Iran-Iraq War, he returned to Abadan for a visit. He told me that most people there were really angry with the government because they first began to build mosques and prayer halls rather than rebuild the city. This is the mentality of the IRI: Religion is more important than development.

Oh, and since most Iranians are Shi'a Muslims, they only pray three times a day!

^^Yes so true! I'm a muslim myself and you think that i normally should support building mosques but i don't, for a very logical reason. Too much of everything is always bad and it kills your interest eventually. There are just too much mosques throughout iranian cities and it just sickens me to hear that another one just opened no matter if it's in an airport or somewhere else. IRI gov. thinks that the only way to keep Islam alive is to by building more and more mosques!

^^it's verry important to have one in the airport!!! for people from muslim countries who transit in Tehran or for visitors from Qatar,UAE,Syria,....also for people that wants to go on Hajj flight's besides it's normal Iran is an Islamic country also Dubai has it no big deal!

Oh, and since most Iranians are Shi'a Muslims, they only pray three times a day!
Oh yes! forgot that detail although Iran also has Sunnis. Seems more practicle. I was travelling once with this very religious Sunni friend from Glasgow and I always seemed to be waiting at a Mosque or prayer room for him to finish praying and he took longer than everyone else too.

^^it's verry important to have one in the airport!!! for people from muslim countries who transit in Tehran or for visitors from Qatar,UAE,Syria,....also for people that wants to go on Hajj flight's besides it's normal Iran is an Islamic country also Dubai has it no big deal!

Does the complex really need a mosque as well as prayer rooms? (Khomeini's mausoleum is nearby also) Maybe they are intending the mosque to be used by... staff? I suppose during Hajj there will be a lot of traffic who will be using the prayer facilities.

Does the airport have hotels for travelers with over night transit, a mosque could be used by them I suppose, but I have not heard of any hotels in the area.

^^Even in Europe there are small prayer rooms in the airports.

Are they specific Muslim Prayer rooms or are they just rooms to pray
(Sort of like hospital chapels)regardless of your faith?

Does the complex really need a mosque as well as prayer rooms? (Khomeini's mausoleum is nearby also) Maybe they are intending the mosque to be used by... staff? I suppose during Hajj there will be a lot of traffic who will be using the prayer facilities.

Does the airport have hotels for travelers with over night transit, a mosque could be used by them I suppose, but I have not heard of any hotels in the area.
1:the Khomeini's mausoleum is not that nearby it's still some 10KM and besides people wo don't have visa and only transit visa can't leave the airport!

and about the hotels...They are gonna build some the airport is set on a 26year construction program and it's also still in phase 1 when phase 2 and 3 are finished it maybe will be a worldclass airport :)

Are they specific Muslim Prayer rooms or are they just rooms to pray
(Sort of like hospital chapels)regardless of your faith?

They are specific for Muslim prayers - at least the one I know. But it is remarkable that it was established after there were a lot of requesting's by muslims.

Hi. I sometimes post to skyscrapercity.com, on my local Glasgow forum. Somehow, though, I never thought to check this out until today and it's been great!!!

See, back in the spring of 1995, a few colleagues and I travelled from our graduate school in London over to Iran to join a very small architectural team organised by Kayson Construction, who were at that time leading the airport construction project. The overall airport design has a long history and was originally laid out on the model of Dallas Fort Worth airport; one of the largest in the world. When we arrived on the scene, the runway and 'aprons' (where the aeroplanes park) were nearly complete. Then, there was this master plan dating from before the revolution... Our job was firstly to conceptualise a new master plan and then this led into the early concept designs for Terminal 1, which is the building already complete and of which all these wonderful photos have been taken. Of course, our design didn't look like the one now built. However, before Aeroports de Paris joined the team, we'd already established the 'spread out' layout of the floor plan(s). The idea was this:

Most international airports have departures stacked directly above arrivals. This, we contested, meant that one's introduction to a new country was generally into a mean, low, artificially lit, flat volume of space. Why not put arrivals beside departures instead, so one arrives in a lofty, naturally lit space?

We had a crazy, sculptural form for the terminal one building. The built design is less exciting but more sensible. I'll try to find some images of our original design but, bear in mind, this was done at the early stages of computer design and most of our stuff was done still by hand. And form rather than much detail was the stage of development at which we left it.

There were (and probably still are to be) eight such terminals; four running on either side of the central area which is currently laid out as formal gardens. At the time, we assumed that this central strip would eventually become the route of the metro railway. Our concept for the scheme overall was to imagine the whole thing - everything - as one vast 'organism' or plant, with terminal one as the 'seed'. Each new terminal was to grow out of the previous one, with the roads as shoots or branches and the other buildings - like hotels, business centres, mosque etc. as flowers. I mean, the metaphor was not quite this specific and the model wasn't necessarily that of a tree but the general idea was that everything would be part of a whole and not a raggedy accumulation of disparate bits and pieces, like so many other airports.

This was over-ambitious. Not because it couldn't be designed like this but because architects don't have sufficient control over the design to make such a huge enterprise consistent with such a single vision.

However, the images below might give an indication of both the approximate form of the original Terminal 1 design and also how the 'organic growth' concept might work from it to produce new volumes housing other functions. In this case, a connection between Terminal 1 (and the proposed second terminal location) and the car parking and a railway station. Along this route, which was conceived - like the original version of the Terminal 1 floor plan - as a vast undulating landscape rather than a conventional floor, were to be located a hotel, a business centre, a mosque, a bazaar and so on. The slopes-within-slopes or bifurcating paths connected one to the various different elevations from a base datum without the need for too many elevators, escalators, stairs and so on, which are a nuisance with luggage and luggage trolleys. The distances were so relatively long that the actual slopes required were very shallow.

I presented this second part of the project as a graduation project after returning to London The images I've uploaded are of this, not because I want to show off my own - and carried out for academic rather than 'live construction' purposes - part of the project but because most of the actual Terminal 1 project drawings were left... in Iran. I have some very scrawny photocopy reductions somewhere though...



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An even earlier concept was to treat the airport terminal as an extension of the roads leading to it - vehicle flow transformed into suitable passenger flows.

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Something I later prepared for my portfolio (pre-computer!! - the drawings along the bottom were by hand) is a general introduction to the 'plant' concept.

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A concept model of the sloping ground plane connecting Terminal 1 departures level to railway station platform level. Presenting this for graduation, one of my jurors was Zaha Hadid, who particularly liked this image. I think she thought it was a shame it had to be ruined by putting all the functional 'mess' on top!

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All that functional mess...

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The basic geometrical idea.

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Part of the 'landscape floor plate' model. To the top, the square-at-an-angle was the base of the mosque, which twisted from an orientation towards Mecca to the orientation of the site. This might seem like the wrong way around but the key wall of the structure was addressed in the right direction. Or so I'd hoped.
The future railway station was / is to the bottom.

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The landscape floor plate in context. As you can see, the basic configuration of Terminal 1 is similar to that now built.

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A diagrammatic perspective of the hotel.

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This final photo is of me, just to the north of the airport site. We were driving back to Teheran and... had run out of petrol. Luckily, there was a garage. About a mile further on. :nuts:

Now, I hope to have got the image codes correctly inserted...

^^ thanks solidred. Welcome to the Iran forum :)

Thanks solidred for the very cool info and story :)

Just a couple more. The first is my first ever computer picture (and it shows, yeah... :ohno: ). It was done over in Iran, in our little office on the top floor of the place we stayed in slightly-north-of-central Teheran.
Terminal 1:

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Then this second one was done years later. Not much improvement :bash:

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... and it's tiny!!!
Terminal 1 on the right and my 'semiplace' project coming out left.

^^ Thanks for sharing :)

Tehran's International

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New Mahan Air hangar:
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