The largest airline in Russia, Aeroflotsent one of the Airbus planes for the first time A330-300 Its widebody to Iran for technical maintenance. According to the tracking service Flightradar24the plane with the registration number RA-73700 Made a technical flight to Tehran on April 5.
A Russian news website reported that the plane will be serviced by the maintenance division of the Iranian airline Mahan Air at Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran. Aeroflot confirmed in a statement to the media that the Iranian supplier will perform a wide range of maintenance on its Airbus aircraft.
The Iranian supplier Mahan Air Engineering and Maintenance says it offers a wide range of component support services for Airbus aircraft A340/310/300/A320 and for airplanes BAe 146Boeing 747-300/400 and Poker 50 aircraft.
This is apparently the first known attempt by a Russian airline to receive technical maintenance service for a Western-made aircraft in Iran. Aeroflot previously sent the planes ofA330 its for maintenance in the company HAECO in Hong Kong, owned by a group Swire based in the UK. However, a year ago sanctions were imposed on Russian airlines that do not allow them access to Western maintenance services and spare parts in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Aeroflot It now owns 12 aircraft A330-330which were leased in 2008-2012 when eight of them were finally purchased by the Russian airline.