Economics
Airbus Jets on Post-Sanctions Shopping List as Rouhani Visits EU
- Iran's 114 Airbus purchase may include A380, A320, A321 planes
- Purchase to be finalized this week during Rouhani's Paris trip
Interior of an Airbus A380.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, freed from the sanctions that pinched his nation’s economy for a decade, heads to Europe this week where he may sign a deal to buy 114 Airbus Group SE jets and about 17 billion euros ($18.4 billion) of Italian contracts.
The purchase may include the double-decker A380 superjumbo jet as well as A320 family of aircraft, Iran Air Chairman and Managing Director Farhad Parvaresh said in an interview. The first of the 114 aircraft intended for Iran Air are expected to be delivered before March 21, Mehr news agency reported, citing Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi.