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Tehran Auto Show.​ Promised as an upgrade on the Tiba (“Gazelle”) hatchback model it is based on, to provide a more rugged experience and taller riding height, the car got a mixed reception in Iran.
Azerbaijan’s Khazar automaker, ​a joint venture​ ​between AzerMash and largest Iranian vehicle producer Iran Khodro (IKCO), plans to within a few weeks export its first 10 Dena sedans to the Russian market, Motor.RU reported on October 22.
However, Russian safety checks must be performed before permission for the sedans to join the market can be given.
The Dena is an upgrade on IKCO’s Samand model which was designed nearly 20 years ago. The Samand was available on the Russian market between 2006 to 2009. Based on the Peugeot 405 of the late 1980s, it is still in production.
In Azerbaijan, in the basic configuration, a Dena sedan costs Azerbaijani manat (AZN) 16,000 ($9,411).
The Dena has had a lukewarm​ r​ eception in Azerbaijan​ ​but it has become popular with taxi drivers due to affordable parts, according to reports earlier this year.
Head of IKCO operations in Asia, Europe, America and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Sabina Nobari, said in February that the company was set to export Dena cars to Ukraine via its operations in Azerbaijan.
9.2.3​ Aviation corporate news
Airbus's director of public relations said on the sidelines of the Paris Air Show 2019 that Iran’s big orders for aircraft from the company have not been cancelled, IRNA has reported.
Justin Dubon said the hope was the multi-billion-euro orders for new jets placed by Iran’s flag carrier IranAir and other Iranian carriers would be fulfilled once US sanctions did not preclude delivery. The sanctions hit both Boeing and Airbus when it came to business with Iran because they also cover aircraft that are made with a significant level of US components, such as Airbus jets. “These contracts are not cancelled; they are in our portfolio. However, their implementation will be possible only after the lifting of sanctions against Iran by the United States, or if Washington will give​ ​separate special permission to supply the aircraft,​”​ said Dubon.
Iran Air in 2016 signed an agreement with Airbus for the supply of 118 aircraft. It asked for 73 wide-body aircraft and 45 narrow-body planes. The contract included 21 aircraft of the A320ceo family and 24 of the A320neo family.
Also, Airbus received an order for 12 of its largest airliner, the A380, from IranAir.
According to data for the beginning of 2019, IranAir’s fleet features two A310s, 12 A300s, 4 Boeing 747s, 6 A320s and 16 Fokker 100s . Some of these jets are over 40 years old and are only in partial operation due to long-lasting sanctions on the country restricting routes.
Iran appointed a former airforce commander who is on a Washington blacklist as the new chief executive of IranAir on May 6.
Turaj Dehghani Zanganeh replaced Farzaneh Sharafbafi, the first Iranian woman with a PhD in aerospace and the first woman to run the airline. She was at the helm of the airline for two years.
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