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Iran is in talks with Britain's export credit agency to facilitate the financing of aircraft sales to IranAir as part of its pact with world powers to lift sanctions over its nuclear programme, a senior Iranian official said. IranAir's plan to buy more than 180 jets from Airbus and Boeing is the most visible economic deal on the table after major powers last year lifted most sanctions on Iran in return for restrictions on its nuclear activities. But financing for the purchases has been hard to secure because most Western banks are holding back, concerned about the future of the 2015 agreement after US president Donald Trump called it a bad deal and ordered a review. So far, IranAir has taken delivery of just 3 Airbus jets, for which it paid cash, industry sources say. <br/>

Hawaiian Airlines transported a total of 904,048 passengers during the month of April, an increase of 4.2% compared to April 2016, according to its latest traffic statistics released Thursday. The carrier also saw an a slight uptick in load factor. Load factor last month was 85.3%, which is 2.2 percentage points more than last April. Hawaiian reported a 7.6% increase in traffic, in revenue passenger miles, compared with traffic in April 2016. Capacity also grew by 4.8%. Hawaiian has transported a total of 3.6m passengers so far this year. The figure represents a 2.7% boost over the comparable period last year. Load factor has also increased by 2.7 percentage points to 84.3% since the start of 2017. The airline's traffic and capacity grew by 7.3% and 3.8%, respectively. <br/>