Bombardier in Talks About Deal With New Iranian Airline

  • Chairman Beaudoin held discussions during visit to Tehran
  • Rival Airbus has already secured order for more than 100 jets

Visitors approach the Emamzade mosque in Tehran.

Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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Bombardier Inc., the world’s third-biggest planemaker, is in negotiations about a deal with a prospective new airline serving the tourist island of Qeshm in southern Iran.

Montreal-based Bombardier’s Chairman Pierre Beaudoin held talks with officials from the Qeshm Free Zone during a recent visit to Tehran, a spokesman for the district at the southern end of the Persian Gulf said by telephone. The manufacturer confirmed that discussions in Iran are under way.