Iran sealed Boeing deal at half price
"Boeing has announced that its IranAir contract is worth $16.6B. However, considering the nature of our order and its choice possibilities, the purchase contract for 80 Boeing aircraft is worth about 50% of that amount," said Deputy Transport Minister Asghar Fakhrieh-Kashan.
Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Airbus both signed huge contracts this month to supply airliners to Iran, the first such deals since international sanctions were lifted on the Islamic Republic.
Iran negotiates half-price deal with Boeing -- 80 planes for $8B
TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Iran said it negotiated to pay Boeing only $8 billion for 80 new passenger planes -- half the amount the American manufacturer originally reported Iran would pay.
On Dec. 11, the Republic of Iran announced it finalized the $16.6 billion contract to supply Iran airplanes over 10 years.
"Boeing has announced that its IranAir contract is worth $16.6 billion. However, considering the nature of our order and its choice possibilities, the purchase contract for 80 Boeing aircraft is worth about 50 percent of that amount," said Deputy Transport Minister Asghar Fakhrieh-Kashan on Sunday, according to Iran's IRNA state news agency.
Boeing spokesman Doug Adler told CNN the company would not "comment on or share details of agreements with any customer."
Iran will purchase 50 737 airliners and 30 777s, and last week announced it will pay an initial $226 million for the first 15 planes.
Years of sanctions have left Iran with outdated and unsafe aircraft.
Because it agreed to curtail its nuclear program as part of an agreement with major global powers, including the United States, the sanctions on Iran were lifted, allowing it to purchase the planes.
European aviation giant Airbus announced a contract last week to sell 100 jets to Iran Air. Airbus said the deal be worth $18 billion to $20 billion at list prices, but the head of Iran Air, Farhad Parvaresh, Iran Air's chief executive officer, said in a news conference in Tehran that the value of the contract would not exceed $10 billion.
Fakhrieh-Kashan also said Sunday that Iran Air may exercise an option to buy 20 more aircraft from ATR, a European maker of regional turboprops, in addition to a planned order of 20 72-600 aircraft. ATR is co-owned by Airbus and Italy's Finmeccanica.
Iran says country will only pay half price for new Boeing jumbo jets
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran’s official IRNA news agency is reporting the deputy transport minister as saying that his county will only pay half of the announced price for 80 new Boeing planes, given the reductions in its purchasing options.
According to the Sunday report, Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan says that despite an initial $16.8 billion deal with Boeing to purchase 80 passenger planes, “Regarding the style of our order and its options, the purchase contract for 80 Boeing aircraft is worth about 50 percent of the amount.” He did not elaborate.
Boeing has made no immediate comment.
Iran announced earlier this month that it had finalized the deal, which was made possible by last year’s landmark nuclear agreement. It is the largest single contract with an U.S. company since the 1979 revolution and takeover of the U.S. Embassy.
The deal covers 50 single-aisle 737 Max 8s, a soon-to-be-introduced version of Boeing’s existing narrow-body 737 line.
It also includes 30 777s, a wide-body, twin-engine plane typically used on long-haul routes that is popular with other Persian Gulf carriers such as Dubai-based Emirates. Half of the order will cover the 777-300ER version, while the rest will be of the 777-9 model still under development.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency said the planes would be delivered over the next decade. The first will start to arrive in 2018, Boeing said.
In September, Washington granted permission to Boeing and Toulouse, France-based Airbus to sell billions of dollars’ worth of aircraft to Iran. Airbus needed U.S. approval because at least 10 percent of its planes’ components are of American origin.
The U.S. and other world powers agreed last year to lift crippling sanctions on Iran in exchange for it curbing its nuclear activities. The U.S. still maintains extensive sanctions on Iran for activities unrelated to its nuclear program.
President-elect Donald Trump and several Republican lawmakers have criticized the nuclear deal, but it’s unclear whether they would scrap the agreement, which was reached with Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China.
The Republican-led House of Representatives last month voted to bar commercial aircraft sales to Iran in a move that could block the Boeing deal. That legislation must still pass the Senate, where it will likely face opposition from Democrats. U.S. President Barack Obama has said he will veto the bill if it reaches his desk before he leaves office on Jan. 20.
Boeing made a point of saying it worked closely with the U.S. government throughout the deal-making process and will continue to “follow all license requirements.” The Iran Air deal “will support tens of thousands of U.S. jobs” linked to the 777s alone, it said.
Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Airbus both signed huge contracts this month to supply airliners to Iran, the first such deals since international sanctions were lifted on the Islamic Republic.
Iran negotiates half-price deal with Boeing -- 80 planes for $8B
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| An Iran Air Boeing 747-200 takes off from Dubai International Airport on November 16, 2009. Boeing and Iran have finalized a contract for the company for 80 planes. Iran's deputy transport minister said Sunday that the amount it will pay Boeing will be nearer $8 billion, instead of the earlier reported $16.6 billion. Photo by Wikimedia Commons/Konstantin von Wedelstaedt |
TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Iran said it negotiated to pay Boeing only $8 billion for 80 new passenger planes -- half the amount the American manufacturer originally reported Iran would pay.
On Dec. 11, the Republic of Iran announced it finalized the $16.6 billion contract to supply Iran airplanes over 10 years.
"Boeing has announced that its IranAir contract is worth $16.6 billion. However, considering the nature of our order and its choice possibilities, the purchase contract for 80 Boeing aircraft is worth about 50 percent of that amount," said Deputy Transport Minister Asghar Fakhrieh-Kashan on Sunday, according to Iran's IRNA state news agency.
Boeing spokesman Doug Adler told CNN the company would not "comment on or share details of agreements with any customer."
Iran will purchase 50 737 airliners and 30 777s, and last week announced it will pay an initial $226 million for the first 15 planes.
Years of sanctions have left Iran with outdated and unsafe aircraft.
Because it agreed to curtail its nuclear program as part of an agreement with major global powers, including the United States, the sanctions on Iran were lifted, allowing it to purchase the planes.
European aviation giant Airbus announced a contract last week to sell 100 jets to Iran Air. Airbus said the deal be worth $18 billion to $20 billion at list prices, but the head of Iran Air, Farhad Parvaresh, Iran Air's chief executive officer, said in a news conference in Tehran that the value of the contract would not exceed $10 billion.
Fakhrieh-Kashan also said Sunday that Iran Air may exercise an option to buy 20 more aircraft from ATR, a European maker of regional turboprops, in addition to a planned order of 20 72-600 aircraft. ATR is co-owned by Airbus and Italy's Finmeccanica.
Iran says country will only pay half price for new Boeing jumbo jets
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran’s official IRNA news agency is reporting the deputy transport minister as saying that his county will only pay half of the announced price for 80 new Boeing planes, given the reductions in its purchasing options.
According to the Sunday report, Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan says that despite an initial $16.8 billion deal with Boeing to purchase 80 passenger planes, “Regarding the style of our order and its options, the purchase contract for 80 Boeing aircraft is worth about 50 percent of the amount.” He did not elaborate.
Boeing has made no immediate comment.
Iran announced earlier this month that it had finalized the deal, which was made possible by last year’s landmark nuclear agreement. It is the largest single contract with an U.S. company since the 1979 revolution and takeover of the U.S. Embassy.
The deal covers 50 single-aisle 737 Max 8s, a soon-to-be-introduced version of Boeing’s existing narrow-body 737 line.
It also includes 30 777s, a wide-body, twin-engine plane typically used on long-haul routes that is popular with other Persian Gulf carriers such as Dubai-based Emirates. Half of the order will cover the 777-300ER version, while the rest will be of the 777-9 model still under development.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency said the planes would be delivered over the next decade. The first will start to arrive in 2018, Boeing said.
In September, Washington granted permission to Boeing and Toulouse, France-based Airbus to sell billions of dollars’ worth of aircraft to Iran. Airbus needed U.S. approval because at least 10 percent of its planes’ components are of American origin.
The U.S. and other world powers agreed last year to lift crippling sanctions on Iran in exchange for it curbing its nuclear activities. The U.S. still maintains extensive sanctions on Iran for activities unrelated to its nuclear program.
President-elect Donald Trump and several Republican lawmakers have criticized the nuclear deal, but it’s unclear whether they would scrap the agreement, which was reached with Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China.
The Republican-led House of Representatives last month voted to bar commercial aircraft sales to Iran in a move that could block the Boeing deal. That legislation must still pass the Senate, where it will likely face opposition from Democrats. U.S. President Barack Obama has said he will veto the bill if it reaches his desk before he leaves office on Jan. 20.
Boeing made a point of saying it worked closely with the U.S. government throughout the deal-making process and will continue to “follow all license requirements.” The Iran Air deal “will support tens of thousands of U.S. jobs” linked to the 777s alone, it said.
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