Baku, Azerbaijan, Mar. 11
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
A brand-new Airbus aircraft landed in the Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, on March 11, Mehr news agency reported.
The aircraft is Iran’s second Airbus plane delivered following the removal of international sanctions against the Islamic Republic in January 2016
The Airbus 330-200 passenger airplane left Toulouse, France at 3:00 (GMT +1) and landed in Tehran at 8:57 (GMT +3:30).
The A330 family, which includes Airbus’ highly-efficient A330-200, offers the most spacious cabin of any wide body aircraft in its category, allowing for a range of cabin interior possibilities.
The Airbus A330 is a medium- to long-range wide-body twin-engine jet. Versions of the A330 have a range of 5,000 to 13,430 kilometers and can accommodate up to 335 passengers in a two-class layout or carry 70 tons of cargo.
Iran’s first brand-new A321 Airbus landed in Tehran on January 12 after 38 years of international embargo. Prior to this, Iran had not received any new aircraft since the 1979 revolution.
The contract for the airplanes was signed last year when President Hassan Rouhani visited France, only a few days after the nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was put into force, ending decades-long economic sanctions on Iran.
Under the contract, Iran has put orders for 100 aircraft with Airbus. Iran made a similar deal with the American Boeing, but the prospect of it is overshadowed by the election of Donald Trump as the US president, as he has strongly opposed the nuclear deal and Iran’s economic freedom.
Under the sanctions, Iran’s aviation industry has become aged and remains underdeveloped. The country plans to buy about 500 new aircraft in the near future.