Iran's Airport Company is reconsidering its future projects and plans to compensate for the economic losses resulting from the coronavirus disease spread, a member of the board of directors at Iran Airports Company (IAC) Ali Rostami told Trend.
"The priority of airport's projects should change, the IAC has initiated necessary measures and has plans," he said.
Rostami said that new instructions are for the airports and their work during the times of the coronavirus, which should help reduce costs.
"The coronavirus spread started in February in Iran, and created many problems for the aviation industry. We are currently facing the outbreak and passengers and airport workers' safety is the priority," he said.
"The IAC has reconsidered the economic predictions for airports in the new Iranian year (started March 20,2020) to reduce the effects of coronavirus. In this regard, there have been various meetings to change the priorities based on new developments," he said.
"The development of airports should not be stopped, meanwhile due to airports' income cuts, the priorities should be reviewed to focus on important projects in the current Iranian year (started March 20,2020) ," he added.
"The coronavirus has crated many limitations and threats for the aviation industry and airports in the country, but by proper management and using successful experiences and scientific models, we can limit the crisis damages," Rostami said.
"Today all the countries in the world are being challenged by the crisis and experts have provided solutions to resolve the current situation. So, we can localize these methods," he added.
"The virus spread is an opportunity to identify the weak points an airport's operational services that can be fixed," he said.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11. Some sources claim the coronavirus outbreak started as early as November 2019.
Iran is one of the countries heavily affected by the rapidly-spreading coronavirus.
The country continues to apply strict measures to contain the further spread. Reportedly, the disease was brought to Iran by a businessman from Iran's Qom city, who went on a business trip to China, despite official warnings. The man died later from the disease.
The Islamic Republic only announced its first infections and deaths from the coronavirus on Feb. 19.
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