Boeing says it won’t deliver any planes to Iran

Boeing will not deliver aircraft to Iran in light of US sanctions, effectively aborting a pair of large contracts with Iranian carriers, a Boeing spokesman said Wednesday. “We have not delivered any aircraft to Iran, and given we no longer have a license to sell to Iran at this time, we will not be delivering any aircraft,” the Boeing spokesman said. “We did not factor the Iran orders into our order backlog either.” The announcement follows US president Donald Trump’s decision last month to pull the US out of the landmark 2015 nuclear accord. Boeing in Dec 2016 announced an agreement to sell 80 aircraft valued at US$16.6b to Iran Air. Boeing also announced a contract in April 2017 to sell Iran Aseman Airlines 30 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft for $3b, with purchase rights for another 30 aircraft. <br/>