Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: Farzaneh Sharafbafi, the first-ever female CEO of Iran Air, has just lost her job, a victim of U.S. sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Appointed in July 2017, Sharafbafis tenure was dogged by failures beyond her control. Of the 200 aircraft Iran ordered from Boeing, Airbus, and ATR, only 21 were delivered ...

AFP - Tehran has appointed a new CEO to head national airline Iran Air, state news reported, replacing its first female CEO with a US-blacklisted pilot. Touraj Dehghani Zanganeh, a former air force commander who features on a US treasury sanctions list, was named for the post at a Sunday cabinet meeting. He will replace Farzaneh Sharafbafi, the ...

Tasnim CEO of Iran Air Farzaneh Sharafbafi said one of the airliners of the company caught fire on landing at Tehrans Mehrabad Airport on Tuesday but fortunately, all passengers were evacuated and are in good health. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on Tuesday night, Sharafbafi said the back wheels of the plane, which was a Fokker 100 flying ...

MNA Farzaneh Sharafbafi, Director of the Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran, says that despite US sanctions and hurdles, the Iran Air flights are continuing without stop. Speaking during a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Farzaneh Sharafbafi said we do not receive ...

Tasnim Iran Air, the national Iranian carrier, received three Airbus A319 passenger planes on Sunday. In a ceremony in Tehran on Sunday, attended by the minister of road and urban development, Iran Air received the narrow-body commercial passenger twin-engine jet airliners. The three planes that belonged to a local airline joined Iran Airs fleet ...

Tasnim The Chief Executive of Iran Air, the national Iranian carrier, said the airline is going to operate more flights to handle the high-season trips during the new Iranian years holidays. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony to inaugurate a new Iran Air hangar at Tehrans Imam Khomeini International Airport, Farzaneh Sharafbafi ...

IRNA - Managing Director of Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran Air) said there was no limit to the company's airplanes' landing and taking off at European airports. 'Farzaneh Sharafbafi' said on Saturday on the sidelines of the '4th International Exhibition of Airport, Aircraft, Flight, Industry, and Related Equipment' that 'The Companys ...

Tasnim The CEO of Iran Air said ATR aircraft manufacturer has requested permission from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury for the delivery of the turboprops Iran has purchased. Farzaneh Sharafbafi told Tasnim on Saturday that the delivery of the remaining ATR turboprops to Iran requires a permission ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Iran urges EU to press Washington on Airbus deliveries -ISNA Iran called on the European Union on Monday to press U.S. authorities to allow delivery of Airbus passenger aircraft purchased by Tehran, Irans student news agency ISNA reported.   Senior MP: Main terrorists ...

Reuters - Iran called on the European Union on Monday to press U.S. authorities to allow delivery of Airbus passenger aircraft purchased by Tehran, Irans student news agency ISNA reported. To upgrade its ageing fleet, Iran Air ordered 200 passenger aircraft - 100 from Airbus, 80 from Boeing and 20 from Franco-Italian turboprop maker ATR - after ...

Tasnim CEO of Iran Air Farzaneh Sharafbafi said the countrys aviation experts have managed to conduct the C-check of the first airliner purchased from Airbus after the coming into force of the 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Relying on the power of domestic experts, we were recently able to conduct the ...

Reuters - IranAir is looking to buy planes from any company not requiring U.S. sales permits and may consider Russias Sukhoi Superjet 100, the flag carriers head was quoted as saying, as Iran tries to renew its aging fleet despite facing U.S. sanctions. The U.S. Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) revoked licenses for Boeing Co (BA....

IRNA Head of Iran's flagcarrier airline said the procedure is underway to receive three remaining ATR passenger aircrafts on order, adding that the European Union can resist US pressure if it intends to. 'Despite the fact that the 90-day deadline set by the US Department of Treasury for European and American companies to cut their relations with ...

IRNA The Chief Executive Officer of Iran Air Farzaneh Sharafbafi urged International Air Transport Association (IATA) to support Iran aviation industry against US sanctions threats. Sharafbafi made the remarks Wednesday in a meeting with IATA Director General Alexandre de Juniac held on the sidelines of the 74th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) ...

IRNA Iran is expecting to get delivery of 11 passenger planes by the end of this year despite the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, head of Iranian flag carrier said. Iran Air managing director Farzaneh Sharafbafi who was in Australia to participate in the 74th IATA Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit said Iran Air is expecting ...

Tasnim Head of Irans flag carrier Iran Air voiced concern about looming problems for the Iranian flights at the foreign airports as the planes are going to be refused fuel under new sanctions. In comments at a meeting of judicial officials, held to discuss the reasons for frequent flight delays, Iran Air CEO Farzaneh Sharafbafi said the average age ...

IFP- Iranian engineers have managed to design and manufacture a homegrown system to check the landing gear of Airbus A320. CEO of Iran Air Farzaneh Sharafbafi says it is an honour we now have the technical know-how of producing the system required for checking the landing gear in the country. This technical knowledge is much more valuable than ...

Bourse and Bazaar | Amir Noorbakhsh: Despite recent uncertainty surrounding the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran Air has been moving forward with its expansion efforts. The airline's CEO, Farzaneh Sharafbafi, attended last Friday's meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission. Her presence indicated the significant political efforts being made to facilitate the acquisition ...

IRNA The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) certificates in aviation field were discussed in the JCPOA joint commission held in Vienna, Managing Director of Iran Air (Homa) Farzaneh Sharafbafi said. Iranian delegation mentioned issues related to removing sanction in aviation sector and negotiations are underway as regards lifting sanctions,...

Tasnim CEO of Iran Air Farzaneh Sharafbafi said the countrys national flag-carrier airline plans to recruit female pilots for the first time. This is highly significant for us to have female pilots among our personnel, Sharafbafi made the announcement on Tuesday. Iran Air is based in Tehran and flies to more than 25 domestic destinations and ...