Iran has bought 15 second-hand civilian aircraft in the last three months, the transport minister said in published remarks, bolstering an aging fleet hit by U.S. sanctions that restrict trade of aircraft and parts. ISNA news agency on Sunday quoted Abbas Akhoondi as saying nine of the planes had been obtained in the past week, without specifying ...

Tehran, March 30, IRNA Head of Iran Civil Aviation Organization (CAO), Ali-Reza Jahangirian, said on Sunday that some 14 new planes have joined the Iranian aviation fleet in the past two months. Addressing a group of managers, he said purchase of the planes was not included in the accord, signed with the G5+1, but the group was obliged to remove ...