Iran received its second new Airbus plane Saturday under an order that Tehran placed last year after a partial lifting of international sanctions.
The A330-200 landed in Tehran’s Mehrabad airport to join national carrier Iran Air’s fleet for long-haul flights, state news agency IRNA reported.
Iran Air received its first Airbus, a A321 used for domestic flights, on January 12.
It completed a deal for 100 Airbus planes with a list price of around $20 billion on December 22, after approval from Washington as some parts are manufactured in the United States.
The purchase, along with a historic deal with US manufacturer Boeing, followed a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers lifted some sanctions in 2016, in return for limits on Tehran’s atomic program.
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Boeing has said the contract for 80 planes, also finalized in December — Iran’s first with a US aviation firm since its 1979 Islamic revolution — was worth $16.6 billion.
The Islamic republic projects a demand for between 400 and 500 new commercial airliners over the next decade.
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