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Domestic production added to Iranian Airline Expanding Passenger Fleet
Apr 21, 2013
Since 2010 Iran has started a plan to renew its air fleet not only through purchase of foreign planes, but also through domestic production in a bid to improve conditions in its aviation industry.
Iran announced on Sunday that its national carrier, IranAir (Homa), added six new passenger planes to its fleet in the last Iranian year (March 21, 2012 - March 20, 2013).
According to a report by the official website or the Iranian Ministry of Road and Urban Development, IranAir added 6 new passenger planes last year.
The statement said that the airline operated a total number of 41,662 flights and transited 5 million passengers, 23,000 tons of cargo and 2.7 tons of postal parcels last year.
In January, Head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization Hamid Reza Pahlevani announced that a number of home-made passenger planes, capable of carrying 80, 100 and 150 passengers, will join the country's air fleet.
The Islamic Republic of Iran plans to manufacture three domestically-designed passenger planes by 2026, Pahlevani said at the time.
Iran announced last year that it aims to fly its first Antonov-158 jointly built with the Ukrainian company in 2013.
The new air vehicle with a seating capacity of 100 passengers will be the next generation of Iran-140 airplane.
After purchasing the production license for the Antonov-140 from Ukraine in 2000, Iran built its first Iran-140 passenger plane in 2003.
The first IRAN-140 aircraft was introduced by Iran in 2003. Five domestically-manufactured IRAN-140 planes were completed in October 2008 to increase the country's transportation capacity and upgrade the Iranian passenger fleet.
The IRAN-140 is a double-engine turboprop aircraft which can fly almost 1,865 miles before re-fuelling and its passenger model seats 52 people.
Iran's Civil Aviation Organization Hamid Reza Pahlevani Domestic production added to Iranian ...
Apr 21, 2013
Since 2010 Iran has started a plan to renew its air fleet not only through purchase of foreign planes, but also through domestic production in a bid to improve conditions in its aviation industry.
Iran announced on Sunday that its national carrier, IranAir (Homa), added six new passenger planes to its fleet in the last Iranian year (March 21, 2012 - March 20, 2013).
According to a report by the official website or the Iranian Ministry of Road and Urban Development, IranAir added 6 new passenger planes last year.
The statement said that the airline operated a total number of 41,662 flights and transited 5 million passengers, 23,000 tons of cargo and 2.7 tons of postal parcels last year.
In January, Head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization Hamid Reza Pahlevani announced that a number of home-made passenger planes, capable of carrying 80, 100 and 150 passengers, will join the country's air fleet.
The Islamic Republic of Iran plans to manufacture three domestically-designed passenger planes by 2026, Pahlevani said at the time.
Iran announced last year that it aims to fly its first Antonov-158 jointly built with the Ukrainian company in 2013.
The new air vehicle with a seating capacity of 100 passengers will be the next generation of Iran-140 airplane.
After purchasing the production license for the Antonov-140 from Ukraine in 2000, Iran built its first Iran-140 passenger plane in 2003.
The first IRAN-140 aircraft was introduced by Iran in 2003. Five domestically-manufactured IRAN-140 planes were completed in October 2008 to increase the country's transportation capacity and upgrade the Iranian passenger fleet.
The IRAN-140 is a double-engine turboprop aircraft which can fly almost 1,865 miles before re-fuelling and its passenger model seats 52 people.
Iran's Civil Aviation Organization Hamid Reza Pahlevani Domestic production added to Iranian ...
