Air France to resume Paris-Tehran flights after eight-year gap
The airline said three weekly flights would begin from April
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PARIS:
Air France-KLM will resume flights between Paris and Tehran from April 2016, the company said on Tuesday, the latest sign of improving ties between France and Iran five months after major powers agreed a deal over Iran's nuclear programme.
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The airline said three weekly flights would begin from April. It had suspended direct flights between Paris and Tehran in 2008 for economic reasons.
"Air France is showing its ambition to develop itself in a country with dynamic growth and for which the European Union is Iran's fourth economic partner," the company said in a statement.
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France has a long history of commercial, political and social links with Iran - in the 1970s revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei lived in exile near Paris.
But Paris also took one of the hardest lines of the six powers negotiating an agreement on curtailing Iran's nuclear programme. French officials have said they do not believe that will hurt its business in Iran.
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With the lifting of international sanctions expected to begin in the first quarter of next year, French officials expect that some deals between the two countries, including in the aviation sector, will come to fruition quickly.
Air France-KLM will resume flights between Paris and Tehran from April 2016, the company said on Tuesday, the latest sign of improving ties between France and Iran five months after major powers agreed a deal over Iran's nuclear programme.
Paris-bound Air France plane diverted to Montreal after threat
The airline said three weekly flights would begin from April. It had suspended direct flights between Paris and Tehran in 2008 for economic reasons.
"Air France is showing its ambition to develop itself in a country with dynamic growth and for which the European Union is Iran's fourth economic partner," the company said in a statement.
Two Air France flights from United States to Paris diverted over bomb threats
France has a long history of commercial, political and social links with Iran - in the 1970s revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei lived in exile near Paris.
But Paris also took one of the hardest lines of the six powers negotiating an agreement on curtailing Iran's nuclear programme. French officials have said they do not believe that will hurt its business in Iran.
Five arrested over Air France violence
With the lifting of international sanctions expected to begin in the first quarter of next year, French officials expect that some deals between the two countries, including in the aviation sector, will come to fruition quickly.