TEHRAN, Mar. 09 (MNA) � Iran and Britain have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to boost cooperation in air transportation.


Reza Jafarzadeh, the Head of Iran's�Civil�Aviation�Organization public relations office said the MoU had been signed on Wednesday�between Iran and Britain. Iran�s CAO international affairs director and chair of British Civil Aviation�Authority negotiating committee were signatories to the deal in CAO�s conference hall.

�The MoU will allow and facilitate increase in number of flights to London and Tehran up to 21 per week in certain air routes; it will also allow cargo flights between two sides without any restrictions,� Jafarzadeh told reporters.��British Airways had stopped flights to Tehran in 2010; the airways however will resume flights beginning July 14, 2016,� he added.

By Mehr News Agency