TEHRAN: Iran plans to buy 90 Airbuses and Boeings annually in a bid to renovate its aviation fleet, said Mohammad Khodakarami, the acting director of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO).
“The nuclear agreement with the P5+1 group has clearly stated that the ban on buying, renting, and transferring engines or parts of planes has been removed,” Khodakarami said.
“In this line, CAO plans to renovate the national aviation fleet through using both Airbuses and Boeings equally.”
Some $1.5 billion will be allocated annually to renovate the civil aviation fleet, Khodakarami said on July 26.
“Several packages of proposals have been sent from different countries to Iran, he said, adding that the proposals are being studied. Meanwhile, different airlines have put in requests to launch new flights or raise the number of flights to the country,” Khodakarami said.
Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi said on July 15 that Iranian airlines are negotiating with a number of large international planemakers to renovate its aviation fleet.
He added that the country will need 400 new passenger planes in the next 10 years.
He added that purchasing this number of planes will cost the country at least $20 billion.
