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    IRAN EXPANDING AIR FLEET

    Fars News Agency
    2009-08-11

    Economy

    TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Minister of Road and Transportation Hamid
    Behbahani said on Tuesday that the country has purchased 35 passenger
    planes during the last year in an effort to renew and expand its fleet.

    "During the last 11 months, an average number of 3.3 airplanes have
    been added to the Iranian air fleet each month," Behbahani told
    reporters, noting that 29 of the 35 purchased planes are western-made
    and the other 6 have been manufactured in Eastern European.

    He also reiterated that the ministry has recently bought 5 airplanes
    from foreign companies which are all almost brand new.

    Noting that purchasing planes needs ample time and energy due to
    the special conditions created by economic sanctions against Iran,
    Behbahani declined to explain more about the type, name or model of
    the newly-purchased planes or the countries of their origin.

    Iran witnessed two air crashes recently. The first incident happened
    when a Tupolev-154M crashed shortly after take-off from Tehran en
    route to the Armenian capital of Yerevan on July 15, killing all 168
    passengers onboard.

    Ten days later, 16 people were killed and 21 others were injured when
    an Aria Air plane crash-landed in the northeastern city of Mashhad.

    The Iranian government is urged by the aviation officials and the MPs
    to take appropriate and rigid measures against the western sanctions
    on Iran's aviation industry.
    From: Baghdasarian
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