TEHRAN (ISNA)- Chairman of Iran Airtour Sirous Baheri said the country would import 40 Antonov 158 (AN-158) and Iran-140 airplanes by the next two months.
"40 Antonov 158 and Iran-140 passenger planes will be imported to Iran by the next two months (late September or early October) for the first time," he said.

AN-158 can carry 99 passengers and Iran-140 airplane holds the capacity for 50 passengers and 2 crew members, he said, adding AN-158 aircraft has been built by Ukraine.

Iran has several private and public airline companies in operation. The oldest is the state-run Iran Air.

The expansion of Iran's civil aircraft fleet comes despite the US-led sanctions against the country's civil aviation industry ever since the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Based on the sanctions, international companies are banned from selling aircraft or their spare parts to Iran.

Iran has already started cooperation with Ukraine and Russia in the production and operation of the Antonov An-140 airliner, which can carry 52 passengers.

After purchasing the production license for the An-140 from Ukraine in 2000, Iran built its first Iran-140 passenger plane in 2003.

By ISNA

 

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