Tehran plans to purchase around 90 Boeing and Airbus planes in a bid to upgrade its ageing fleet of commercial airliners, a senior aviation official said.
"We
need to add 80 to 90 airplanes (to the fleet) each year in order to
have 300 young and active airliners by the next five years," Mohammad
Khodakarami, deputy head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, told in Tehran.
Back in April, Iranian Minister of Roads
and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi announced preparations for major
investment in Iran's civil aviation industry as soon as the
international sanctions are lifted under a comprehensive nuclear deal.
According to the minister, Tehran is in extensive talks with foreign companies to refurnish its air fleet and develop its airlines.
On July 14, Iran and the 5+1 Group of
international mediators (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and
Germany) finalized the text of an agreement on Iran’s nuclear energy
program in Vienna.
Later, the 15-memebr United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a resolution endorsing the text of the deal.
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