First Deliveries of Airbus Aircraft to Iran Due in July: Source
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran will take delivery of the first batch of the civil aircraft it recently agreed to buy from Airbus Group SE in early July, an Iranian source said.
The official, preferring not to be named, said a mix of new and used jets from the A320 family and the out-of-production A340s will be delivered to the country as early as July, Bloomberg reported.
Earlier, Iranian Minister of Road and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi told Tasnim that the country plans to purchase 114 civil aircraft from Airbus, as sanctions against Iran’s aviation industry are slated to be removed soon.
The Iranian source further added that Tehran is also considering the Boeing Co. 737 narrow-body jet to serve the domestic market and twin-aisle 777s for long-haul routes.
In the meantime, a spokeswoman for Toulouse, France-based Airbus said, “When the Iran sanctions are lifted, Airbus Group is ready to support Iranian civil and para-public transportation sector development in strict compliance with all international laws.”
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) late on Saturday released a statement and confirmed Iran’s commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Shortly after the IAEA announcement, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini announced in a joint statement that the implementation of a nuclear deal reached in July 2015 between Iran and world powers has officially been started.