Oct. 08--Iran plans to launch 15 aviation centres to start selling aircraft publicly, Presidential Aide Ali Akbar Mehrabian said on Monday, ILNA reported.
The centres will also provide aviation training to applicants.
Iran has purchased 11 Airbus A320 and A310 passenger planes in the current Iranian calendar year which began on March 20, the roads and urban development minister Ali Nikzad said on Sunday.
Despite the global arrogant powers' sanctions, 11 planes have been bought, Nikzad said, but did not reveal how much has been expended to buy them.
The president of Civil Aviation Organisation of Iran said in April that "We plan to increase the number of aircraft and replace the older planes with new ones".
"We also plan to raise the lifespan of the fleets by 25 per cent," Reza Nakhjavani told the Mehr News Agency.
U.S. sanctions prevent Tehran from updating its 35-year-old American aircraft and European parts or planes are extremely difficult to obtain.
Iran now relies on Russian aircraft, mostly older planes built before the fall of the Soviet Union.
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