Iran To Design 150-seat Passenger Plane

July 10, 2013
Iran has several private and public airline companies in operation.

July 09--Iran will design a 150-seat passenger plane for the first time in the Middle East, ISNA quoted Head of Iran Civil Aviation Organisation Hamidreza Pahlevani as saying.

The plane will be designed in cooperation with the Ministry of Defence, the Plane Manufacturing Company of Iran (HESA), Sharif,Amirkabir, Elm-o Sanat, and Isfahan universities, he added. It will be equipped with turbojet engines.

Pahlevani said in March that 19 aircraft were added to Iran's air fleet last year.

Iran has several private and public airline companies in operation. The oldest is state-run Iran Air, Press TV reported.

Due to imposed sanction on Iran, international companies are banned from selling aircraft or their spare parts to the country.

Iran is currently cooperating with Ukraine and Russia in the production and operation of the Antonov An-140 airliner which can carry 52 passengers.

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

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