Boeing Moves Ahead on Delivering First Jets to Iran Next Year
- Working ‘hand-in-hand with the U.S. government,’ CEO says
- Critics worry planes would be used for military or terrorism
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Boeing Co. is making “steady progress” to complete the terms of an 80-jetliner sale to Iran Air and expects to deliver the initial planes next year, the first U.S. aircraft exports to Iran since the country’s revolution in 1979.
“That remains on track,” Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg told reporters Monday following the planemaker’s annual general meeting in Chicago. “It’s really important that at every step of the process, we’re working on this hand-in-hand with the U.S. government.”