Iran Air in passato ha noleggiato A320

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Tratto da airfleets

Delivery Date Operator Registration Remark
19/04/2002 Nouvelair TS-INC
01/05/2003 Iran Air TS-INC lsd wet from Nouvelair
14/04/2004 Nouvelair TS-INC

Come tutti ben sappiamo Iran Air ha una flotta pèiù che obsoleta, che desidererebbe cambiare, ma le sanzioni USA lo impediscono. Vedo però che nel 2003 ha affittato un A320.
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Iran Air Says It Hopes To Buy US Planes Despite Embargo

Monday March 6, 9.58 AM EST

TEHRAN (AP)-- Iran's national airline is seeking to buy U.s. planes despite Washington's long-standing embargo on selling aircraft or spare parts to the country, Iran Air's spokesman said Monday.

It was not clear how Iran Air believes it can circumvent the range of sanctions that Washington has imposed on Iran since 1979, when relations were cut after Iranian militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held 53 people as hostages for more than a year.

"There are different purchase projects, including American planes," spokesman Malek Barzegar Sedigh told The Associated Press.

"I will not give further details because then the Americans could easily thwart the deal," he said. "In the past, the Americans have blocked attempts to purchase their planes in the final hours of the deals."

U.S. sanctions ban almost all trade by U.S. companies with Iran, including specifying the sale of advanced aviation parts. It might be that Iran Air plans to buy second-hand U.S.-made aircraft from a third country.

Iran Air has at least 43 planes in its fleet. Seven are Boeings that were bought before the 1979 Islamic revolution. The others include 28 European Airbus (ABI.YY) and Fokker planes and seven Russian-made Tupolevs.

The country has long complained about the embargo that prevents it from even buying spare parts for its ageing aircraft.

Sedigh indicated that Iran Air was managing to buy parts for its U.S. planes, but at a price.

"The sanctions cause around 35% extra expenditure for Iran Air in comparison to other airlines," he said.

In January, Iran's Civil Aviation Organization proposed direct flights between Iran and the U.S. to travel easier for the thousands of Iranians who live in America. More than 1 million Iranians live in the U.S., mostly in California.

"If the two countries reach an agreement, Iran Air is ready to resume its flights to any point in the United States," Sedigh said.

The U.S. aviation authorities have so far not responded publicly to the proposal.

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