This airport is as pathetic as it can get. Firstly, there are only about five booths that do the check-ins. Two flights landed shortly apart from each other is enough to create a mess there let alone several. Secondly, if you are lucky, and if you beg to the taxi service people in charge, you might be able to get a cab home. The restrooms as you pointed out are nothing but shame and embarrassment. They look like anything but an airport restroom. I think the bathrooms you find on your way to Ghom if you are driving are cleaner and more decent than the ones at the airport. One thing for sure though; they sure match the with the Indian the airport was name after in every aspect.
And lastly, Sepahi shepeshoos you can find in every corner. They are I am assuming in charge of the airport.
And lastly, Sepahi shepeshoos you can find in every corner. They are I am assuming in charge of the airport.
Yes, it is a horribly ran airport. It is simple, it is because Sepah Obash took over the management of this airport illegally and by force. And they are obash incompetent people.
I suspect it is so that they can continue to have a monopoly on their ghachagh, drug, and arms traffic.
Sepah is the number 1 enemy of every Iranian who is not jireh khor.
By the way you can just see the honesty, love, and care in that Abbass Mohtaj's face! He has so little 'oghde, hate, and anger in him!
I suspect it is so that they can continue to have a monopoly on their ghachagh, drug, and arms traffic.
Sepah is the number 1 enemy of every Iranian who is not jireh khor.
By the way you can just see the honesty, love, and care in that Abbass Mohtaj's face! He has so little 'oghde, hate, and anger in him!
Here is a little story based on my personal experience.
I landed in Emam Khomeini the last time i went to Iran.
It was the middle of winter, so it was freeeeeezing. Remember, this past winter was the coldest one in Iran for the past 50 years.
Our plane landed, and to my surprise, instead of taxiing to a terminal, it stopped. The doors were opened, and the stairs were brought up to the doors. I dont know, maybe its just me, but and airport that has been 30 years in the making probably should have invested in more terminals.
Anyways. Now here I am, with my grandma and my sister, outside in the freezing cold, trying to push my way into a crowded bus. Well, we was not able to get into that bus, but i was not worried, because i assumed that another bus would be coming some time soon. Five minutes passed, nothing. Ten minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes.......still nothing. About half an hour later, after standing in the freezing cold, with my poor elderly grandma and my sister (who didnt have a jacket with her), the bus finally arrived. And guess what? It was the same goddam bus, with the same goddam driver. These beeorzeh bastards didn't even have another bus come pick us up. The bus literally went and dropped off the first bach of passengers, and then came back to pick us up.
That my friends, is what i call a shitty airport.
I landed in Emam Khomeini the last time i went to Iran.
It was the middle of winter, so it was freeeeeezing. Remember, this past winter was the coldest one in Iran for the past 50 years.
Our plane landed, and to my surprise, instead of taxiing to a terminal, it stopped. The doors were opened, and the stairs were brought up to the doors. I dont know, maybe its just me, but and airport that has been 30 years in the making probably should have invested in more terminals.
Anyways. Now here I am, with my grandma and my sister, outside in the freezing cold, trying to push my way into a crowded bus. Well, we was not able to get into that bus, but i was not worried, because i assumed that another bus would be coming some time soon. Five minutes passed, nothing. Ten minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes.......still nothing. About half an hour later, after standing in the freezing cold, with my poor elderly grandma and my sister (who didnt have a jacket with her), the bus finally arrived. And guess what? It was the same goddam bus, with the same goddam driver. These beeorzeh bastards didn't even have another bus come pick us up. The bus literally went and dropped off the first bach of passengers, and then came back to pick us up.
That my friends, is what i call a shitty airport.
Top that with the fact that the closest hotel to the airport is at least an hour away, so with all the flight cancellations, specially those cancelled at midnight and past, travellers who don't have anyone in Tehran have to basically spend the night at the airport, since there are no taxis nor any hotels nearby. Talking about master planning.
LOOOOOOOOOL! Are you for real?? hahahahahahaaa!!!!
it doesn't have anything really. it just opened a segafredo café. My cousin and my shohar ameh had to spend 48 hours in the airport when the flights were delayed and had to pay for a piece of cardboard to sleep on.
sad to hear that....but from similar experiences not surprising.
but hey...they have scanners now
it doesn't have anything really. it just opened a segafredo café. My cousin and my shohar ameh had to spend 48 hours in the airport when the flights were delayed and had to pay for a piece of cardboard to sleep on.
sad to hear that....but from similar experiences not surprising.
but hey...they have scanners now
This is the Islamic republic. This is the country for the Akhoonds, basijis, sepah and their family and friends. Why should they care about putting more buses out for people who are flying in from Europe (their own kind will not be going there). The money can go to good usage in Iraq, lebanon, etc.. Those guys in those country are the follower of their Islamic vision. So, they get to share the pie. They are more of a citizen of the Islamic republic than Iranians. The rest of Iranians are considered refuge in the Islamic republic. A nuissance that must be controlled through force at any cost.
Iranians in Iran get it. And in order to take Iran back, it takes sacrifice. But that is for others to do. They had a chance when Iranian students for 6 days shook the government. But they locked the doors so their kids wont go and particiapate. They themselves sat home and watched. You get what you pay for.
Iranians in Iran get it. And in order to take Iran back, it takes sacrifice. But that is for others to do. They had a chance when Iranian students for 6 days shook the government. But they locked the doors so their kids wont go and particiapate. They themselves sat home and watched. You get what you pay for.
Another airport horror story.
The same trip to Iran in which I had the incident at Emam Khomeini, my cousin had trouble with the iranian air transportation also.
He came back in Tabriz to visit his family and relax a bit, and then he was going to go to Tehran to take his final exams. Well, the night that he was going to take off, he called the tabriz airport 3 hours in advance to make sure that everthing was ok, and they said it was. But when he got to the airport, they told him that all flights were cancelled because of the cold.
You should have seen the scene. It was mayhem. hundreds of people lined up, trying to get information from anyone that looked like an airport employee.
The thing that makes it sad is that on my connection flight from Frankfurt to Iran, they had problems with the cold also, but they were able to solve them by spraying some solution on the plane to melt the ice and stop new ice from forming. It took maybe 15 minutes. But in Iran, when it gets too cold, flights are cancelled.
In the end, my poor cousin had to take a bus (it was around 1 in the morning now) all the way to Tehran. He got to the bus terminal in tehran about 20 mins before his first exam started, and had to rush to make his exams. Luckily, he got there just in time and was able to take his exams.
The same trip to Iran in which I had the incident at Emam Khomeini, my cousin had trouble with the iranian air transportation also.
He came back in Tabriz to visit his family and relax a bit, and then he was going to go to Tehran to take his final exams. Well, the night that he was going to take off, he called the tabriz airport 3 hours in advance to make sure that everthing was ok, and they said it was. But when he got to the airport, they told him that all flights were cancelled because of the cold.
You should have seen the scene. It was mayhem. hundreds of people lined up, trying to get information from anyone that looked like an airport employee.
The thing that makes it sad is that on my connection flight from Frankfurt to Iran, they had problems with the cold also, but they were able to solve them by spraying some solution on the plane to melt the ice and stop new ice from forming. It took maybe 15 minutes. But in Iran, when it gets too cold, flights are cancelled.
In the end, my poor cousin had to take a bus (it was around 1 in the morning now) all the way to Tehran. He got to the bus terminal in tehran about 20 mins before his first exam started, and had to rush to make his exams. Luckily, he got there just in time and was able to take his exams.