Iran, Russia to jointly produce passenger airplanes

www.chinaview.cn 2008-06-22 15:19:31

TEHRAN, June 22 (Xinhua) --

Tehran and Moscow have reached preliminary consensus on joint production of 100 passenger airliners of Tu-204 and Tu-214 in Iran, Iran's English-language Press TV reported on Sunday.

"The manufacturing of Russia's updated Tu-204 and Tu-214 passenger aircraft in Iran was put on the agenda after Russian experts studied the technological capabilities and human resources of Iran's Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO)," IAIO Deputy Executive Director Ali Akbar Ghazi Moradi was quoted as saying.

Russia and Iran were holding talks on the project to build the medium-haul 210-seat liners in the next 10 years for Iran, he said, adding that the countries were also discussing the spare parts production, test flights, and the construction of a maintenance center in the country.

"The agreement between Iran and Russia will be signed in the near future," Ghazi Moradi said.

Russian and Iranian officials earlier announced that the two countries planned to sign a 2.5 billion-U.S. dollar contract in 2009 for the delivery of 100 Tu-204 and Tu-214 starting from 2010.

Iran currently uses Tu-204, Tu-154, An-72, Yak-42 and other Russian built airplanes.

Editor: Lin Li

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