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Iran’s imports of airliners at 66 in over two years to March
Most of the imported airliners were large wide-body planes, the CAA spokesman Jafar Yazarlou told IRNA on Sunday.
Also, seven light aircraft for training and transporting organs of brain dead patients have been imported to the country, Yazarlou added.
During the mentioned period, five helicopters were imported to the country, he said, adding that 14 airliners have been overhauled and joined the Iranian airlines during the period.
So, in total, 92 airliners and helicopters have been imported to the country and overhauled since the beginning if the current Iranian government.
Iran’s civil aviation chief has announced that the country has developed its first passenger aircraft manufacturing factory.
Mohammad Mohammadi-Bakhsh, head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization, made the remarks at a press conference held in Tehran on December 19, on the sidelines of the seventh edition of the International Exhibition of Transportation, Logistics, and Related Industries.
“Today, we can say that the Islamic Republic is in possession of a [passenger] plane manufacturing factory,” he said. Mohammadi-Bakhsh said the factory was hosting the manufacturing process of the country’s first passenger aircraft, which he named Simorgh.
Iran’s Roads and Urban Development Ministry, Defense Ministry, and Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade were involved in the aircraft’s manufacturing process, the official said.
Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA) has been engaged in developing fighter planes since the late 1990s, including Azarakhsh (Lightning) and Saeqeh (Thunderbolt).