We have covered Iranian commercial aircraft acquisitions before. This week, the US Treasury sanctioned 36 targets across Iran’s aviation sector on September 8 — 27 Iranian airlines, effectively every carrier the country has, plus nine third-country intermediary companies in the…
Recently, we had news about Iran acquiring five 777s. It was the usual suspicious methods and trial of airplanes going all over and then disappearing from the ADS-B feeds. Something does jump out, though. Rolls-Royce The Iranian 777s come with…
Iran and its airlines continue to circumvent sanctions, with Mahan Air becoming the latest carrier to ‘refresh’ its fleet with new – but used – aircraft. The Iranian airline acquired five ex-Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-200ERs, some of which had been…
Today’s key stories featuring Boeing include conflicting opinions among Boeing whistleblowers. An interesting analysis in the Seattle Times indicates that the threat from shimming fuselage sections that don’t fit together well may be much less than the latest whistleblower claims,…
Russian sanctions bite deeper
Russian Federal Air Transport Agency checking airworthiness 600 aircraft by the end of year