IRNA - Iran’s flag carrier airline Iran Air and the European aviation giant ATR inked an agreement to buy 20 ATR 72-600 airplanes, it was reported on Monday.


The agreement was signed in a ceremony attended by Iran Air and ATR representatives in Tehran on Monday.

ATR is co-owned by France’s Airbus and Italy’s Leonardo. The ATR 72-600 aircraft is capable of carrying 74 passengers.

Iran and ATR signed a draft agreement last February to go ahead with the purchase order.

The deal was first signed in February 2016 in Tehran following the discussions held in Rome and Paris during visits of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to France and of Minister of Roads Abbas Akhoundi to Italy.