Landing of the second Airbus aircraft, this time of A330-200 type, was made on Saturday morning as part of the lucrative deal President Rouhani had signed with European giant of the air industry in the era emerged after implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The A330 Family, which includes Airbus’ highly-efficient A330-200, offers the most spacious cabin of any wide body aircraft in its category, allowing for a range of cabin interior possibilities.
CEO Iran Air and Deputy Minister for International Affairs at the Ministry of Road and Urban Development were onboard the newly-purchased aircraft.
With removal of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran and signing of a deal to purchase 200 new airplanes by Iran’s national carrier, Iran Air (Homa), a new chapter was opened in renovations of the country’s aviation fleet. The first Airbus A321 landed in Mehrabad airport on Thursday January 12, 2017.
Meanwhile on Saturday morning, Tehran welcomed the second Airbus aircraft which was delivered to Iranian pilots and crew on Friday in France’s Toulouse.
Overall, Iran Air has signed deals to purchase 100 aircraft from Airbus, 80 from Boeing as well as 20 more from ATR, a subsidiary of Airbus.
The purchases are expected to add over 50 thousand seats to Iran’s aviation fleet as well as providing direct employment opportunities for more than 20,000 people.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury issued necessary permits to Airbus and Boeing for sales of aircraft to Iran.
As a result, negotiations between representatives of the two giant aircraft manufacturers and directors of Iran Air were finalized as a 10-billion-dollar contract was sealed with France’s Airbus for buying 100 aircraft.
Source: Mehr News
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