Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 18
By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend:
The French aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, is expected to deliver eight planes to Iran over the next year, a senior Iranian aviation official said.
The head of state airline IranAir, Farhad Parvaresh, has said that an Airbus delegation is in Iran for talks over the deal, Tasnim news agency reported.
However, Parvaresh denied that the American counterpart, Boeing, will supply its planes to Iran in 2017.
According to the official, the first Boeing planes will arrive in Iran in April 2018.
Iranian transportation minister, Abbas Akhoundi, earlier in the day told the reporters that the Airbus deal would be reached over the current week.
Iran Air finalized a historic deal with Boeing on Dec. 11 to acquire 80 passenger planes.