Aircraft
Iran could look more east than west
Sanctions relief should help Iran back into market for OEM orders; talks with OEMs started two years ago.

Divining Iran’s intentions in the sphere of civil aviation is a difficult exercise. Despite a formidable Iranian business presence in Dubai, which has become Iran’s “go to” business hub, the effects of sanctions and an innate reticence have led to confusion about its intentions. Just before the Dubai Airshow, AIN asked Dr. Theodore Karasik, a Dubai-based senior advisor to Washington D.C. think-tank, Gulf State Analytics, to comment on Iran’s prospects for reentering the sector.

“It is not much more different than what you are seeing in the press. Boeing, Airbus, and Russia are all trying to secure slots for the number of commercial aircraft that the Iranians are going to be able to buy,” Karasik said.