US authorises Boeing to sell plane components to Iran

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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26896983[/url]
[quote]The US Treasury has granted plane manufacturer Boeing a licence to export certain spare commercial parts to Iran, a company spokesman says.

Boeing has had no public dealings with Tehran since 1979.

In a statement, the US company said the licence had been granted for the safety of flight.

The step is being seen as part of a temporary agreement to ease sanctions on Tehran that US Secretary of State John Kerry reached with Iran last year.[/quote]

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Do Cuba next.

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Good. IranAir's aircraft are rather old (they had Boeing 747SPs at least up until recently, which stopped being made in 1991) and are more worn than is deemed safe by most other major carriers in the civilised world. I'm not sure how well they maintain their aircraft, but older aircraft like the ones they own are cost more to perform maintanance on than newer ones. They'd be better off replacing their entire current fleet with whatever new aircraft they can get.