Tehran, YJC. Following last year’s interim nuclear deal between Iran and western powers, a great number of foreign aviation companies and airlines have conveyed their willingness to start operation with Iran.
"Iran is surely a lucrative
market for foreign companies like Boeing and Airbus. They are looking to expand
their cooperation with Iran," Deputy Managing-Director of Iran's ATA
Airline Mehdi Abdollah Abiyaneh said on Sunday.
The official noted that many foreign
firms have voiced their readiness to start cooperation with Iran after the
recent round of nuclear talks between Iran and the G5+1.
Abiyaneh asserted that his company
has recently purchased two Boeing MD83 passengers planes as part of a plan to
increase the country's passenger fleet’s number of the seats by 320.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had
earlier announced that a large number of foreign companies were waiting for a
comprehensive nuclear deal between Tehran and the G5+1 to rush for investment
in the Iranian market.
"Hundreds of foreign companies
have prepared their demands to enter Iran in the coming months," President
Rouhani said, addressing a large crowd of people in Golestan province, Northern
Iran.
In 2010 Iran started a plan to renew
its air fleet not only through the purchase of foreign planes, but also domestic
production in an attempt to improve conditions in its aviation industry.