Boeing and Iran Air announce an agreement for 80 aircraft

(To Boeing)
11/12/16

Boeing and Iran Air today announced an agreement for 80 aircraft that includes fifty 737 MAX 8s, fifteen 777-300ERs and fifteen 777-9s, worth $ 16,6 billion.

On the base of Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) announced in June, the contract was reached within the terms of the license issued by the US government to Boeing in September.

Today's agreement will support tens of thousands of jobs connected directly with the production and delivery of the 777-300ER and nearly 100.000 jobs in the United States in the aerospace sector for the entire delivery cycle.

Delivery of the first aircraft is scheduled in the 2018.