Iran's Aseman signs final deal for 30 Boeing 737s: IRNA

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News ID: 10327
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 22:43 - 10 June 2017
TEHRAN, June 10, YJC - Aseman Airlines has signed a final deal to buy 30 Boeing (BA.N) 737 MAX jets in Iran's first new business with the U.S. planemaker.
Iran's Aseman signs final deal for 30 Boeing 737s: IRNA
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Aseman and Boeing had signed a tentative deal in April. Iran's state news agency IRNA reported that representatives of Aseman and Boeing signed the final agreement in the capital Tehran on Saturday.
 
"I am very pleased that after a year of negotiation with Boeing, the contract to buy 30 Boeing 737s was signed today," Aseman CEO Hossein Alaei was quoted as saying by IRNA after the signing ceremony.
 
Owned by Iran's civil service pension foundation but managed as a private company, Aseman is Iran's third-largest airline by active fleet size, according to the CAPA consultancy.
 
Alaei said Aseman was ready to order another 30 of the same planes once the delivery of the first order was finished.
 
IRNA reported that the deal for 60 jets would be worth $3 billion, saying Aseman would pay 5 percent and seek financing for the rest.
 
Boeing has already agreed to sell 80 aircraft to flag carrier IranAir under a deal between Tehran and P5+1 that led to the lifting of most sanctions in return for curbs on its nuclear activities.

 

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