Iran’s Kish Airline to purchase new planes from Boeing, Airbus

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News ID: 12533
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 16:33 - 29 August 2017
TEHRAN, August 29 - Iran’s Kish Airline said it is going to buy several new planes from global aviation giant Airbus and Boeing.

Iran’s Kish Airline to purchase new planes from Boeing, AirbusTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Kish Airline CEO Mohammad Taqi Jadidi said that the airline aims at purchasing 10 planes from Boeing and 6 more from Airbus.

Jadidi continued that his company’s fleet would include the new Airbus planes before the end of the current Iranian calendar year (21 March 2018).

He continued that Boeing planes would be bought in the next Iranian year.

Nevertheless, the official did not specify which specific models the purchases would involve.

Kish Airline belongs to Kish Free Zone Organization and currently has 14 planes, including 2 Airbus-320, 2 Airbus-321, seven MD planes and 3 Fokker-100 planes, IRNA added in its report.

Airbus has already sealed deals to sell a total of 173 new aircraft to Iranian airlines with a collective value of tens of billions of dollars.

On the same front, Boeing had accrued orders and options for 140 planes, while the smaller European turboprop-maker ATR attracted orders and options for 40 aircraft.

Iran Air – the country’s national flag-carrier airline – appears to be the most active buyer of new planes. The company would buy a total of 220 new planes from Airbus, Boeing and ATR, covering both wide and narrow-bodied jets as well as turboprops. Airbus and ATR made their first deliveries of several planes over the past few months but Boeing deliveries would start in 2018.

Among the country’s smaller carriers, Iran Aseman Airlines would buy 30 new Boeing 737 Max 8 jets, with options for 30 more.

Iran Airtour would also purchase 45 Airbus A320neo aircraft.

And Zagros Airlines would acquire 28 Airbus aircraft, including 20 of its A320neo model and eight of its larger A330neo.

 

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