Report: Iran hopes Boeing, Biden can revive blockbuster jet order

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The head of Iran’s civil aviation agency has written to Boeing to clarify whether Iran might revive its $16.5 billion blockbuster deal for 80 jets that withered in 2018 after the Trump administration revoked export licenses.

Touraj Dehqani Zanganeh, the agency's chief executive, says he wrote the letter to the Chicago-based jet maker "recently," after President Joe Biden took office on Jan. 20.

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Iran Air, the county's national airline, made $36 billion worth of orders for 100 passenger aircraft from Airbus, 80 from Boeing and 20 regional jets from French aircraft maker ATR in 2016 and 2017, but the deals required U.S. export licenses because the aircraft rely on significant quantities of U.S-made components.

The order included 50 737 Max 8 single-aisle jets, 15 777-300ERs widebody aircraft, and 15 777-9s, a variant of the new and as-yet uncertified 777X. A second Iranian carrier, Aseman, ordered another 30 Boeing 737 Max jets, while a third carrier, Kish Air, ordered 10 Boeing jets.


https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2021/02/04/boeing-iran-0rder-80-aircraft-biden-administration.html

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1. I know there will be a lot made of the loss of jobs

For manufactures of weapons of war in the name of keeping the peace.