Have a nice flight: British Airways, Air France have plans for Iran
Three leading European airlines namely British Airways, KLM and
Air France have plans to launch extraordinary trips to Iran on the
eve of the new Iranian year starting March. 21, an Iranian official
with the transportation ministry has said.
Hamid Reza Seyyedi, a board member of Iran’s main international
gateway, Imam Khomeini International Airport, has said that the
European airlines have presented flight plans to for late March,
the transportation ministry’s official website reported.
According to the official, Lufthansa which has already resumed
flights to the country has submitted a request to increase the
number of its flights during the new Iranian year March 21 - 1
April.
He further added that the domestic airlines have also requested to
increase the number of flights during the holidays.
The European airlines halted their flights to Iran due to
international sanctions over the past years and now with the
removal of sanctions they plan to resume or increase the number of
flights to the Islamic Republic.
After a number of nuclear talks between Tehran and the P5+1 group
of countries, the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced Jan. 16
about the implementation of the JCPOA, aka nuclear deal, and the
removal of economic sanctions on Iran.
According to the statement, the EU confirmed that the legal
framework, providing for lifting of its nuclear-related economic
and financial sanctions, is effective.
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