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Turkey’s auto exports to Iran drop 15% y/y in Jan-July
Of those, 425,925 were passenger cars, with the category seeing growth of 21.9% y/y.
Also, 39,519 lorries and light trucks were produced in Iran during the six months.
Turkey’s auto exports to Iran decreased by 15.12% y/y in January to July and had a value of $45.8mn, Trend has reported, citing the Turkish Ministry of Trade.
Re-exports of cars from Turkey to Iran include Volkswagen, Hyundai and Kia models that remain available on the Iranian market via third party dealerships, despite pressure from the US to cease sales to the Islamic Republic.
In July alone, auto exports from Turkey to Iran decreased by 19.09% y/y and had a value of $11.2mn.
Also in July, Turkey exported $2.2bn worth of cars to global markets, marking a decline of 24.1% y/y.
Auto exports in July accounted for 14.7% of Turkey’s total exports.
9.1.3 ​Aviation sector news
Iran hopes October will bring introduction of “flying taxis” for remote regions
Ukraine welcomes Iran’s readiness to pay equal compensation to relatives of Flight PS752 victims
Iran hopes to this month introduce “flying taxis” for remote regions, according to local news agencies.
Tehran continues to deregulate the Iranian aviation industry. Several new air operators have arrived on the market in recent years, but an air taxi operator is yet to launch.
The secretary of the Space Technology and Intelligent Transportation Development Headquarters of Vice President for Science and Technology Manouchehr Manteqi announced that the country hopes to see its first flying taxis in the sky this month, following months of speculation.
He said flying taxi services would help to deliver "economic prosperity" by connecting regions to the benefit of low-population areas in less prosperous provinces.
The service would start out with several small planes that carry four to 19 people between low-traffic airports, the official said, adding one idea is to revive forgotten regional hubs with a lower cost base for flying.
"This plan was devised before the [1979] revolution, but its implementation was delayed for various reasons,” he said, adding: “But we at the headquarters have followed this plan seriously and with the knowledge of our founders, we were able to bring it to the implementation stage."
There are still hurdles to getting the project going, including sourcing the right aviation fuel for the small planes. The fuel type is currently imported.
Air taxi services will serve as part of the public transport aviation sector, a key component of the Iranian aviation industry, and more needed to be done to help foster their development, Manteqi previously said in September.
“Air taxi services have been established [to launch] in several provinces, namely in North Khorasan and Hormozgan, to render​ ​services from provincial capitals​ ​to nearby town and cities, and this domain is going to be further developed,” he added.
Ukraine has welcomed readiness shown by Iran to pay equal compensation to relatives of all of the 176 killed when Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Flight PS752 crashed shortly after takeoff in Tehran in January after being struck by two missiles, Ukrainian media reported on October 21.​ Officials in Ukraine previously expressed some doubt that Iran would agree to this demand.
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