IranAir finalises Airbus contract, without any A380

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Iran Air has finalised its aircraft order agreement with Airbus, but has cut 12 A380s from the order for more than 100 aircraft, the airline’s CEO told Iran’s Mehr News Agency.

Airbus announced Jan. 28, 2016, that it had signed agreements with Iran Air covering the purchase of 21 A320ceo family aircraft, 24 A320neo family aircraft, 27 A330ceos, 18 A330-900neos, 16 A350-1000s and 12 A380s.

Iran Air CEO Farhad Parvaresh told Mehr Dec. 18 that the A380s have been “removed from the contract.” Providing an indication of the discount Iran Air will be receiving, Parvaresh said “the real value of the deal will not exceed $10 billion.” When announced in January, the order was valued at around $25 billion at list prices, though that included the A380s, which are valued at more than $400 million each.

Losing the 12 Iran Air A380s is another blow for Airbus’s largest aircraft. Airbus is already planning to cut the monthly A380 production rate from 2.5 aircraft to one in 2018.

According to Mehr, Parvaresh said seven or eight Airbus aircraft will be delivered to Iran Air in 2017.

Source: ATWonline

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The a380 is so dead :/

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First A321 to be handed over to Iranair today at Toulouse.
Iranair also negotiating deal for 20 ATR-72.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-iran-a ... KKBN14S0AC

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LIVE: First A321 now on her way to Tehran:
https://www.flightradar24.com/IRA700/c256d80