First Boeing aircraft to land in Tehran
09 Apr 2017 - American airplane giant Boeing will deliver its first plane to Iran within a month, said an official of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.
Earlier in 2015, Iran and Boeing had successfully reached a deal based on which the latter agreed to sell 80 planes to Iran. The preliminary agreement had been subject to restrictions set by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury, according to Mehr News Agency.
Only recently has it endorsed Boeing's lucrative deal with Iran to sell 80 such planes, along with allowing the purchase by Iran of 100 Airbus different models. The first Boeing to land in Tehran will be a Boeing 777, famous and much vaunted for its flight security.
The plane will be operated by Iran Air. The plane is part of the deal which includes 79 other short- and long-range Boeing planes to renew Iran's antiquated air fleet.
Turkish Airlines placed an order with the company for Boeing 777 and is now unwilling to receive it, so Iran will be its destination.
Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan, deputy roads and urban development minister, said: "This is the brand-new plane. Boeing 777 which will be landing in Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport. The first date when Boeing is supposed to deliver its first plane is 2018, however, our order matched this Boeing model and it is a propitious time to receive one."
Iran received three Airbus planes earlier, with the last landing in Mehrabad Airport late March.