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Iran ready to buy 114 Airbus aircraft in Paris to rebuild fleet
IRAN is ready to start rebuilding its civil aviation fleet following the ending of UN sanctions this month, reports London's Air Cargo News.
Tehran is expected to have signed a deal for 114 Airbus aircraft in Paris, which would allow Iran Air and other operators to begin replacing aircraft that in some cases date to back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
One Iranian carrier, Saha Air Lines, was the world's last civil operator of the 707 until it went out of business in 2013.
Aviation experts estimate that Iran will need 500 new planes over the next few years.
Most Iranian-registered planes have been banned from EU airspace on safety grounds, while continuing sanctions have in any case greatly diminished the market for air transport.
According to media reports quoting Iran's transport minister Abbas Akhoundi, only around 150 of the country抯 current 250-strong plane fleet are operational.
Most of the new planes would be passenger types, although Iran Air current lists two Airbus A300B4Fs operated by its cargo arm plus a mothballed 747 freighter. It is not clear how many, if any, of the new fleet would be all-cargo types.
Tehran is expected to have signed a deal for 114 Airbus aircraft in Paris, which would allow Iran Air and other operators to begin replacing aircraft that in some cases date to back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
One Iranian carrier, Saha Air Lines, was the world's last civil operator of the 707 until it went out of business in 2013.
Aviation experts estimate that Iran will need 500 new planes over the next few years.
Most Iranian-registered planes have been banned from EU airspace on safety grounds, while continuing sanctions have in any case greatly diminished the market for air transport.
According to media reports quoting Iran's transport minister Abbas Akhoundi, only around 150 of the country抯 current 250-strong plane fleet are operational.
Most of the new planes would be passenger types, although Iran Air current lists two Airbus A300B4Fs operated by its cargo arm plus a mothballed 747 freighter. It is not clear how many, if any, of the new fleet would be all-cargo types.
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