Iran signs contract to buy 80 Boeing aircraft

ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency

Sun / 11 December 2016 / 15:14

TEHRAN (ISNA) – The U.S. aircraft maker Boeing will send 80 passenger planes to Iran in a period of 10 years.

Following the contract signed between Iran Air and the U.S. aircraft maker Boeing, Iran will receive 80 passenger planes in 10 years.

Farhad Parvaresh, the chairman of Iran's flag carrier stated that fifty of the planes are 737 and the other 30 are the long haul 777 that will be delivered to Iran Air in a period of 10 years. He signed the contract with Boeing officials in Tehran.

According to the report, the contract was worth $16.6 billion (15.7 billion euros).

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