Boeing and Airbus poised to make a killing off the Iran deal [View all]
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran plans to buy as many as 90 planes per year from Boeing (BA.N) and Airbus (AIR.PA) to revamp its antiquated fleet once Western sanctions are lifted, its state news agency IRNA quoted a senior aviation official as saying on Sunday.
"Iran will buy a total of 80-90 planes per year from the two aviation giants in the first phase of renovating its air fleet," said Mohammad Khodakarami, the caretaker director of Irans Civil Aviation Organization, according to IRNA.
Last month's nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers has raised the prospect of banking and trade sanctions on Iran being lifted, perhaps around the end of this year, which would mean a chance to renew a fleet of commercial aircraft whose average age of 23 years is almost twice the international average.
"We will purchase planes from Boeing and Airbus in equal numbers," Khodakarami was quoted as saying, adding that Iran would initially need to add at least 80 planes to its fleet each year. That would mean a total of 300 planes within five years, he added.
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Many other corporations are already forming plans to get into Iran the moment sanctions are lifted (could be as early as the end of this year). Energy companies will want to get in there and help modernize Iran's equipment which will increase its output of crude and other resources. Companies like Halliburton will benefit big from this aspect. Multinational banks of course will benefit by financing all this new business. And there was a report I read where even McDonalds is already looking into eventually opening a franchise in the country.