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Airbus, ATR to deliver 8 aircraft in coming months

TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (MNA) – Deputy road minister said eight new Airbus and ATR passenger planes will be delivered to Iran Air within three months.


Deputy Minister for International Affairs at the Ministry of Road and Urban Development Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan made the announcement elaborating that “Iran's national carrier, Iran Air (Homa) will receive one A330 and two A320 long-range Airbus aircrafts by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (on March 20, 2017).”

Representatives of ATR are slated to visit Tehran on Wednesday, said the official adding “the final round of talks between Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran Air) and a French-Italian aircraft manufacturer will kick off in the coming days and a contract is expected to be inked in the course of talks.”

He recalled that the two sides had previously agreed in purchase of 20 aircraft though Iran is capable of buying 20 more planes from the European manufacturer which is a subsidiary of Airbus.

On financial resources of the aircraft purchase contracts, Fakhrieh Kashan underlined that Iran Air will undertake 15 per cent of the financing while the remaining 85 per cent will be supplied through foreign financing.

Referring to the foreign companies' interest in striking deals with Iran, he noted that the country has no problems for funding such agreements.

The contract value for buying 20 ATR planes is less than 500 million dollars and the figure for Airbus stands below 10 billion dollars, he stressed.

Also, Iran Air and the American Corporation of Boeing signed an agreement on selling 80 aircraft to Iran on December 11 though the first batch of those passenger aircrafts are expected to be delivered to Iran in early 2018.

Deputy Iranian roads minister, while stressing that the initial contract with Boeing was worth 16.6 billion dollars, given Iran’s proposal and the freedom to choose plane types, the actual value of the deal to buy 80 Boeing aircraft will be worth about 50 percent of the mentioned amount.

http://en.mehrnews.com/news/122277/Airbus-ATR-to-deliver-8-aircraft-in-coming-months

 
It made little financial sense.
Yeah,but they would`ve looked cool tho`,it certainly is an impressive looking aircraft
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Shame they didn't buy any A380s.
From a profit perspective, Iranians know what they are buying. A380, the behemoth of the sky is proving to be an inefficient aircraft and too large for the airlines. Due to its very large wing area, it consumes lot more fuel per seat per100Km compared to other long haul carriers like A330 or A350 or even B777 all of which have only 2 engines. On average, a V6 car is more fuel efficient than a V12.
 
Shame they didn't buy any A380s.
well, I'm glad about that , 777 from boeing and A350 from AirBus are far more sensible Airplanes.
A380 is more WOW factor. at least for now when t become financially relevant for Iranian Airlines I'm sure we will have other options to consider.

b the way A350 is far more elegant .
 
Why did Iran buy so many? Is this purchase over a long period of time or something?
 
Why did Iran buy so many? Is this purchase over a long period of time or something?
Its to replace the older aircraft in the fleet and yes the deliveries will likely be spread out over several years.
 
Why did Iran buy so many? Is this purchase over a long period of time or something?
The vast majority of Iran's current fleet is a wonder it is flying. Until very recently we had 40 year old 747s flying. That has to be completely replaced. Furthermore, Iran is a big country with a large population and so there is a high demand for domestic flights. The fleet was small anyway (Iran Air only has 26 planes right now), and needed expansion as well as revitalisation.
 
I was reading the thread to notice, people are congratulating Iranians.

I dunno, when i hear about Turkish Airline's new aircraft purchases i always felt like "our hard earned money flying away, to buy foreign aircraft."..I know this sector is being monopolied by Airbus and Boeing but are you not feeling the same with me ?
 
Thousands of years into the future, this event will go down as the pinnacle of human history.
 
I was reading the thread to notice, people are congratulating Iranians.

I dunno, when i hear about Turkish Airline's new aircraft purchases i always felt like "our hard earned money flying away, to buy foreign aircraft."..I know this sector is being monopolied by Airbus and Boeing but are you not feeling the same with me ?

:tup:
 

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