Iranian Naft Airlines, a homebound charter airline providing passenger and cargo services to Iran’s Ministry of Petroleum, says it has received its first jet from Boeing.

The aircraft, one of the four Boeing 737 single-aisle jetliners bought from the US aviation company, was delivered to Iranian Naft Airlines on Sunday, its Managing Director Nurollah Rezai Niyaraki said.

“After the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), an agreement was signed with the Boeing company for purchase of four 737s and today one of the ordered aircraft was delivered to Iranian Naft Airlines,” he told Shana news agency.

The aircraft took off at 1700 hours local time on its first flight from Tehran to Ahvaz on Sunday, the official said.

“According to the timeline, the remaining three Boeing 737s will gradually join the Iranian Naft Airlines fleet at specific dates” by the end of the current Iranian year on March 20, 2017, Rezai Niyaraki added.

By Press TV