Russian Bank Seeks Passenger Planes Sales to Iran: Report
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Russian bank has expressed willingness to export Superjet International passenger planes to Iran following the conclusion of nuclear talks between Iran and world powers, a report said.
In an interview with Rossiya Segodnya on Thursday, Acting General Director of Sberbank Leasing Kiril Tsarev said he saw a big demand by Iran for passenger planes in the short term and that his company was interested in supplying Superjets to the country.
Sberbank Leasing has been operating since 1993 as one of the leading leasing companies in Russia. The company deals with retail leasing transactions involving custom-made machinery including commercial aircraft.
Tsarev further said aircraft exports to Iran would begin as soon as the window opened for such sales after the removal of sanctions.
“The issue is not which foreign side will get to the Iranian market first but which company will have aircraft ready for sale before 2018,” he added.
However, Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization said on the issue that Iranian airlines will carefully examine all options for the country's new aviation fleet purchases and definitely will not restrict their choices to a single country or aircraft manufacturing company.
Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) on July 14 reached a conclusion over the text of a comprehensive 159-page deal on Tehran's nuclear program.
The comprehensive nuclear deal between Iran and the six powers would terminate all nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran after coming into force.
Experts believe that Iran's economic growth would rise remarkably after the final nuclear deal takes effect.
