Iran and the European aviation giant Airbus signed a contract on Thursday to sell 100 jets to Iran Air, paving the way for deliveries to start next month, a year after sanctions against the country were lifted. The deal took weeks of shuttling between Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France, and Tehran, complicated by a shortage…
Iran will finalize a contract with French aircraft manufacturer Airbus on the purchase of jetliners next week, said Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi. He added that the details of the contract with Airbus to purchase brand new aircraft will be made public afterwards, Tasnim News Agency reported. During Iranian President Hassan Rouhani‘s…
Iran says it expects to finalize the much-awaited plane purchase deals with global aviation giants Boeing and Airbus in the near future. Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi told the domestic media that the representatives of the two companies are making frequent visits to Tehran to put the last touches on the…
Airbus says it has obtained an initial license from the United States to supply passenger jets to Iran as part of a 25-billion-dollar deal between the aircraft manufacturer and the Islamic Republic signed in January. Airbus spokesman, Justin Dubon, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the company received the license from the US Treasury’s…
