 flights. It functions as the basic source for two Iranian Airlines, Mahan Air and Iran Air.
IKA is located virtually 40kms south of Tehran close to the neighborhood of Robatkarim and Islamshahr. Imam Khomeini Airport is also a destination to other international airlines including Turkish, ATA, Qatar, and Iran Aseman airlines, to name a few. (See the list in the end to get informed about the complete list of airlines and direct flights provided by IKA).
It contains three passenger terminals (Terminal 1, Salam and Iranshahr, respectively) of which the third is still in its planning phase. It is estimated that after being constructed, the whole terminals would be able to transfer around 30 million passengers a year, while it transfers around 14 million of passengers and thousand tons of cargo, for the time being.
How to Get to IKA?
Metro line one (the red line) is the not only the cheapest way but also the fastest route to Tehran and out of this city; though you should stop off at Shahed station to take the next train to or from the city center. Remember that the metro line, Shahr-e Aftab↔ IKA, is due every 80 minutes, though Tajrish station↔ Shahr-e Aftab is expected every 3 minutes. Besides, there are official taxis (much more expensive than the public transportation) which take you to the airport and the reverse. Moreover, there are buses which travel to and fro Haram-e Motahar, metro station and Azadi Square as well as Mehrabad Airport. For those who travel in luxury CIP is also available.
In the airport there is the possibility of buying Iran SIM card or exchanging some of your cash. Similar to other airports, Imam Khomeini Airport has duty free shops which are not recommended to those who go on an economic trip as they are highly expensive. You will find free water as well.
Ibis and Novotel chain hotels have marked the first international branded hotels in Iran after the Islamic Revolution. They are both close to Terminal 1 and connected to each other by a sky bridge.
Iran’s Imam Khomeini Airport might function a bit different from those of western countries. Firstly, security is needed for you and your handy stuffs including your bag or backpack. After that you will enter the hall where counters of airlines check-in wait for you. Entering this hall, you might have accompany of your friends and families and they do not ask for your boarding pass.  This is the point where you need to show your boarding pass. The second hall provides you with duty free shops, cafes and restaurants as soon as you get in there. The last step moves you forward to the gate. There are different areas with different gates which have their specific security line through which you go once more and in the same way. Passing through the gate you arrive in the waiting area where there are toilets and few shops. Security lines are separated for men and women. To exchange your cash, you should get back the stairs after you receive your luggage as the money exchange counter is located on the departure floor.
Here is a list showing all the airlines destining to IKA as well as direct flight, however you need to confirm your flight with your agent in order not to miss exceptions.
New technology is unlocking the potential for coral restoration at scale.
While The Coral Project continues to support planting partners who actively grow and plant healthy, new coral, we are also taking a proactive approach to develop standardized incubators that can be installed in coastal communities around the globe.
In our ongoing mission to aid coral reef restoration efforts, we have seen human ingenuity at its finest. Individual organizations and coral enthusiasts alike have built complex custom infrastructure that allows them to regrow coral efficiently and effectively. However, a lack of standardization continues to inhibit the development of a true global response effort to our coral crisis.
A custom incubator in the Florida Keys.
By combining the knowledge of our selected panel of advising fellows & coral experts with the expertise of our general contracting partner, Coastal Evolution we are creating a standard model for incubators that can be installed efficiently. These standardized models effectively maintain the delicate conditions required for coral regrowth and serve as a foundation for a new standard of data collection and global network of restoration efforts.
The development of the new standardized incubators is not just critical for coral reef restoration but for the sustainable growth of coastal communities. These incubators have the capacity to create jobs and align sustainability & financial goals that empowers the action required to truly tackle environmental challenges at scale.People from across the area turned up at Robin House - to make sure it looks stunning next Spring.
The gardens around Balloch children’s hospice Robin House are set to look more beautiful than ever next spring after a special planting at the weekend.
The Bring A Bulb event on Sunday saw people head to the facility, which is run by Children’s Hospices Across Scotland to do some planting in the beautiful gardens.
CHAS provides support to children with life-shortening conditions and their families at the Balloch hospice, at Rachel House in Kinross and at home.Platfora and the Era of Hands-On Analysis
The first model, which we’ll call the Traditional model, involves two groups of players: the techies and the business-types. The techies get their hands on the data and prepare the data for exploration and analysis. Their customers are the business-types, the people with subject matter expertise about what the data means who access the data and sometimes, to a limited extent, interact with the analytical infrastructure created by the techies. The business-types rely heavily on the techies to get them the data they need and to make any changes to what is being explored, analyzed, and reported.
Unsurprisingly, the Traditional model relies on traditional BI technologies, which provide a view into some of the organization’s data. In the era of Big Data, Gartner says that conventional approaches can get you maybe 10% of the organization’s data. And of course that subset is already at least a little out of date by the time the business-types see it.
The Traditional model worked pretty well back when the world was less connected than it is today — back when data all came from a few sources; back when there wasn’t as much of it; back when it didn’t move quite so fast; back when it wasn’t so intimately connected to every single thing the organization does.
But a new reality is emerging. Today, business-types of all levels need to make decisions on corporate data. Executives need to do it, of course. In fact, they need it more than ever — not only CEOs and CFOs, but also Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs), Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and Chief Product Officers (CPOs). Yes, executives need these capabilities, and so do many of the people who work for them. And so do some of the people who work for them. And so on. People at every level in the organization, in a rapidly growing number of roles — line managers, sales reps, technicians, shipping clerks, department heads, call center staff — are called on to make data-driven decisions.
And here’s the thing. Each of these individuals have their own areas of expertise, their primary contributions to the organization. You can’t expect them all to be SQL programmers any more than you can expect their bosses to be. But unless you want an IT department that is roughly the same size as the rest of the company combined, these people need to be able to manage their own analytics. The hand-holding in the Traditional model simply will not scale.
Meanwhile, data volumes are growing exponentially. Data is coming from very different sources, with vast amounts of customer interaction and machine-generated data overwhelming the transactional data that was the mainstay of the Traditional model. Plus everything is happening a lot faster than it used to.
It’s time for a new model. We’ll call this one the Hands-On model. In the Hands-On model, business-types of all varieties access and explore the data they need to make the right decision. They do this by and for themselves in an environment that accesses all of the organization’s data and that keeps up with the accelerating pace of business.
Platfora’s Big Data Analytics capability supports exactly this kind of model. With Platfora, business users can dive in and do their own independent analysis on big data. Platfora provides analytics capability directly on raw data in Hadoop, meaning that users have access to all relevant data, not just the tip of the iceberg. And there is no waiting around for ETL or other time-consuming processes to get the data ready for analysis. If it’s in Hadoop or another data source, it’s ready to go.
Here are some of the ways that Platfora delivers Big Data Analytics capability into the hands of business users:
Platfora Vizboards provide an intuitive visual interface for data exploration that makes it easy to produce the appropriate charts or graphs to provide the answers you need. Plus you can modify the data and relationships you are exploring on the fly, with no need for coding or help from IT. (Recent updates to Vizboards make them even easier to use with a fresh visual design to guide novice users toward their goal.)
Platfora Data Lenses are configurable data views that provide the ability to flexibly explore your data, mashing it together in new ways to access tremendous untapped business value.
Platfora’s Event Series Analytics capability enables you to discover trends and correlations in the behaviors of your customers, products, and machines. With Platfor