Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 6
By Khalid Kazimov – Trend:
An Iranian banker has said that the country has paid $100 million in down payment for purchasing two new Airbus jets.
Ali-Ashraf Afkhami, the head of state-run Bank of Industry and Mine, has said that the advanced payment for purchasing new aircraft has been made and the new Airbus jets are expected to arrive in the country over the next month, Fars news agency reported.
Iran’s first brand-new A321 Airbus aircraft landed in Tehran on Jan. 12 after almost three decades of embargo on the country’s aviation system.
Under a contract signed last year during President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to France following the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA/nuclear deal) Iran put orders for 100 aircraft with Airbus aimed at renewing the country’s aging aviation system.