Editing Iran Air (section)

===Lifting of sanctions and modernization plans===
{|  style="text-align:center; float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:2em;"  class="wikitable"
|+ Iran Air orders after the JCPOA
|- 
! Manufacturer
! Aircraft type
! Orders
! Deliveries 
! Contract value<br />(in billions)
! List prices<br />(in billions)
|-
|style="border-bottom-style:hidden; text-align:center;" rowspan="6"|[[Airbus]]
|[[Airbus A320 family|A320-200]]
|6<ref name=AirbusOrdDel>Airbus Orders and Deliveries (XLS), accessed via {{cite web|url=http://www.airbus.com/company/market/orders-deliveries|title=Orders & Deliveries |publisher=Airbus |date=31 December 2016 |access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref>
|{{n/a}}
|style="border-bottom-style:hidden; text-align:center;" rowspan="6" {{n/a}}
|$0.606<ref name="Factbox"/> 
|-
|[[Airbus A320neo family|A320neo]]
|32<ref name=AirbusOrdDel/>
|{{n/a}}
|$3.232<ref name="Factbox"/>
|-
|[[Airbus A321|A321-200]]
|9<ref name=AirbusOrdDel/>
|1<ref name="third airbus">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-iranair/third-plane-bought-under-sanctions-deal-arrives-in-iran-idUSKBN16W0JF|title=Third plane bought under sanctions deal arrives in Iran|date=25 March 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
|$0.946<ref name="Factbox"/> 
|-
|[[Airbus A330|A330-200]]
|9<ref name=AirbusOrdDel/>
|2<ref name="third airbus"/>
|$1.908<ref name="Factbox"/> 
|-
|[[Airbus A330neo|A330-900]]
|28<ref name=AirbusOrdDel/>
|{{n/a}}
|$8.299<ref name="Factbox"/> 
|-
| [[Airbus A350 XWB|A350-1000]]
|16<ref name=AirbusOrdDel/>
|{{n/a}}
|$5.864<ref name="Factbox"/>
|-
|
| [[Airbus A380|A380-800]]
|12<ref name=AirbusOrdDel/>
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|- 
| style="text-align:right;" colspan="2"| '''Total'''
|'''100'''
|'''3'''
|< $10.0<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.euronews.com/2016/12/22/airbus-seals-deal-to-sell-100-aircraft-to-iran|title=Airbus seals deal to sell 100 aircraft to Iran|date=22 December 2016|work=Euronews|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
|$20.856<ref name="Factbox"/>
|-
|style="border-bottom-style:hidden; text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|[[Boeing]]
|[[Boeing 737 MAX|737 MAX 8]]
|50<ref name="Boeing deal"/>
|{{n/a}}
|style="border-bottom-style:hidden; text-align:center;" rowspan="3" {{n/a}}
|$5.620<ref name="Factbox"/>
|-
|[[Boeing 777|777-300ER]]
|15<ref name="Boeing deal"/>
|{{n/a}}
|$5.207<ref name="Factbox"/>
|-
|[[Boeing 777X|777-9]]
|15<ref name="Boeing deal">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-boeing-deals-idUSKBN1400ZS|title=Iran seals $17 billion Boeing deal, close to Airbus order|date=11 December 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
|{{n/a}}
|$6.132<ref name="Factbox"/>
|- 
| style="text-align:right;" colspan="2"| '''Total'''
|'''80'''
|'''0'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-results-777/boeing-defers-iran-deliveries-eases-output-concerns-idUSKBN1HW2A3|title=Boeing defers Iran deliveries, eases output concerns|date=25 April 2018|work=Reuters|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
|$8.0<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/13/boeings-8-billion-aircraft-sale-to-iran-air-still-safe-for-now.html|title=Boeing's $8 billion deal on sale of 80 aircraft to Iran Air still safe — at least for now|date=13 October 2017|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref> to $9.5<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeings-8-billion-iran-deal-always-uncertain-is-now-effectively-dead/|title= Boeing's $9.5 billion Iran deals, always uncertain, are now effectively dead|date=8 May 2018|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
|$16.959<ref name="Factbox"/>
|-
|[[ATR (aircraft manufacturer)|ATR]]
|[[ATR 72-600|72-600]]
|20<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-transportation-atr/iranair-signs-contract-with-atr-to-buy-20-planes-idUSKBN17C0IM|title=IranAir signs contract with ATR to buy 20 planes|date=10 April 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
|13<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-airbus/iran-urges-eu-to-press-washington-on-airbus-deliveries-isna-idUSKBN1OG19X|title=Iran urges EU to press Washington on Airbus deliveries: ISNA|date=17 December 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
|$0.536<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-13/iran-air-signs-536-million-order-for-20-atr-turboprop-aircraft|title=Iran Air Signs $536 Million Order for 20 ATR Turboprop Aircraft|date=13 April 2017|agency=Reuters|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
|$1.09<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-aviation-atr/iran-orders-up-to-40-atr-turboprop-aircraft-idUSKCN0VA29O|title=Iran orders up to 40 ATR turboprop aircraft|date=1 February 2016|work=Reuters|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!200
!16
!$18.5 to $20.0
!$38.334<ref name="Factbox">{{Cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-iran-nuclear-aircraft-deals-factbox/factbox-irans-38-billion-airplane-purchases-under-nuclear-deal-idUKKBN1I9179|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508140321/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-iran-nuclear-aircraft-deals-factbox/factbox-irans-38-billion-airplane-purchases-under-nuclear-deal-idUKKBN1I9179|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 May 2018|title=Factbox - Iran's $38 billion airplane purchases under nuclear deal|date=8 May 2018|work=Reuters|access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
|}

In anticipation of a deal being reached for the lifting of sanctions, the chairman of Iran Air, Farhad Parvaresh, stated that the airline would then seek to obtain at least 100 wide-body and short-haul jets.<ref name=IranFleet>{{cite news |last1=Hepher |first1=Tim |date=10 July 2015 |title=Planemakers poised for Iranian buying spree if nuclear deal reached |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-aviation-insight-idUSKCN0PK1UF20150711 |location=Paris/Vienna |work=Reuters |access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref>

On Friday 15 January 2016 US president [[Barack Obama]] authorized his secretary of state, [[John Kerry]], to lift the sanctions on Iran civil aviation.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} Following Iran's implementation of the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]] (JCPOA) on 16 January 2016, all sanctions on Iran civil aviation were lifted. As a result, Iranian airlines, including Iran Air, were granted permission to purchase new civil aircraft from any manufacturer as well as to refuel at all European airports, except for two Swedish destinations, [[Stockholm Arlanda Airport|Stockholm]] and [[Göteborg Landvetter Airport|Gothenburg]], due to the fuel supplier [[BP]] still refusing to provide fuel to the Iranian carriers.<ref>{{cite news |date=12 March 2017 |title=حل مشکل سوخت‌گیری هواپیمایی ایران در سوئد تا چند هفته دیگر |language=fa |trans-title=Solving the refueling problem of Iran's airline in Sweden in a few weeks |work=Iranian Students' News Agency |url=http://www.isna.ir/news/95122213956/حل-مشکل-سوخت-گیری-هواپیمایی-ایران-در-سوئد-تا-چند-هفته-دیگر}}</ref><ref name="iranair.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.iranair.com/Portal/Home/ShowPage.aspx?Object=NEWS&CategoryID=15908aa6-3bea-4767-a6f6-d6c956fe8747&WebPartID=4faa9599-bc24-42b2-8f38-3437543bd07e&ID=cc1cd36d-936c-43d0-bb1b-2ce5b2e6c667|title=IranAir Official Site-IranAir_Portal-Iran Air Resumes Refueling in W. Europe|access-date=25 June 2016|archive-date=29 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129142623/http://www.iranair.com/Portal/Home/ShowPage.aspx?Object=NEWS&CategoryID=15908aa6-3bea-4767-a6f6-d6c956fe8747&WebPartID=4faa9599-bc24-42b2-8f38-3437543bd07e&ID=cc1cd36d-936c-43d0-bb1b-2ce5b2e6c667|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 24 January 2016 Tehran hosted the CAPA Iran Aviation Summit organised by CAPA - Centre for Aviation in order to bring both Iranian and international aviation authorities together for considering development plans for Iran's aviation industry. CAPA put the size of [[Economy of Iran|Iran's economy]] somewhere between those of [[Economy of Turkey|Turkey]] and [[Economy of Australia|Australia]], whose commercial airline fleets are in the order of 500-600 aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/capa-iran-aviation-summit-opens-in-tehran--huge-opportunities-ahead-with-some-challenges-263368|title=CAPA Iran Aviation Summit opens in Tehran – huge opportunities ahead, with some challenges}}</ref> Bombardier presented its regional models during the CAPA summit in Tehran.<ref name="bloomberg.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-24/iran-air-sees-need-for-at-least-20-regional-jets-ceo-says |title=Iran Air Sees Adding 20 Regional Jets, as Bombardier Makes Pitch |last1=Motevalli |first1=Golnar |last2=Kamel |first2=Deena |website=Bloomberg |publisher=Bloomberg LP |date=25 January 2016 |access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref> In a statement, Mr. Parvaresh announced that his airline expected to spend some 3-5 billion US dollars purchasing regional aircraft from manufacturers [[Airbus]], [[Boeing]], [[Bombardier Aerospace|Bombardier]] and [[Embraer]].<ref name="bloomberg.com" />