Post-sanctions Iran helps planemakers solve 'orphan jet' problem


  • World
  • Tuesday, 18 Apr 2017

FILE PHOTO: Shadows of Airbus members are seen in silhouette in front of a poster of an A321 as IranAir takes delivery of the first new Western jet under an international sanctions deal in Colomiers, near Toulouse, France, January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - Iran's return to the world economy is helping planemakers cope with a downturn in global demand, providing homes for airplanes orphaned by reversals in the growth plans of airlines elsewhere.

Planemakers are also gambling that the early delivery of such aircraft could help prop up a nuclear sanctions deal between Iran and world powers, threatened by conservative opponents in both Washington and Tehran, Western sources said.

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