Aircraft
Iran To Sue ATR Over Undelivered Airplanes
Manufacturer yields to U.S. sanctions prohibiting delivery of final seven of 20 ATR 72-600s

The Iranian government plans to file a lawsuit against ATR for breach of its contract to deliver all of the 20 ATR 72-600s ordered by Iran Air, Iran’s state-controlled Mehr News Agency reported Wednesday, quoting the head of the Iranian parliament’s Civil Commission, Mohammadreza Rezaei-Kouchi. ATR, which last month delivered the last of 13 airplanes now in Iran Air’s possession, recently began the process of “reallocating” the seven undelivered airplanes after U.S. sanctions that came back into force on August 7 effectively prevented any further deliveries to the Islamic Republic.