The late Friday report by IRNA says officials from Iran’s national carrier, Iran Air, and other Iranian airlines will meet the Boeing delegation.
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The U.S. has given Boeing the green light to hold direct talks with Iranian airliners, Iranian officials said Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported.
He also said that a number of private airlines had embarked on limited negotiations with Boeing after Geneva Agreement which had some of sanctions eliminated.
A main topic in the agenda of discussions will be supporting the current Iran Air fleet, the airline said. “Possible financing of the agreement had been suggested by Boeing as foreign financiers, to which Iranian side will decide to choose according to economic cost and effect analysis”.
Abedzadeh said Boeing has provided an Iranian airline with, “some technical issues to upgrade flight safety”.
The IRNA news agency quoted Maqsoud Asadi Samani, the secretary of the Society of Iranian Airlines, as saying Boeing officials offered 737, 787 and 777 aircraft.
In January, Iran signed a major deal worth more than $27 billion for 118 planes from Airbus. The deal – which is yet to be finalized – was signed during a landmark trip to Paris by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani. The country has sought to renew business ties with the rest of the world this year after a landmark agreement between Iran and the U.S ended its alleged nuclear weapons program in exchange for easing of sanctions.
He said there were now 60 Boeings in service in Iran, comprising about 32 per cent of the active fleet.
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Airlines in Iran have been operating for decades on ageing fleets of Boeing and Airbus airliners, plus some Russian planes bought or leased since the revolution.
