Iran to ban all 20+years old pax aircraft on own register..

[Stratofreighter]

Iran Air (IR, Tehran Mehrabad) could be severely impacted by a new directive from the Iran Civil Aviation Organization (IrCAO) banning all commercial aircraft over 20 years of age from active service.

During a regional air safety awareness conference held in the capital, Tehran, last week, IrCAO Director General, Alireza Jahangirian, said the directive was part of a raft of measures his department had come up with to push local airlines to renew their fleets with younger aircraft.

"Increasing the safety of flights is among the top priorities of Iran Civil Aviation Organization," he told Iran's ISNA News Agency. "The sanctions imposed on Iran caused a lot of problems for the country’s aviation industry, but we are trying our best to renovate and equip the Iranian airlines."

All flights will also be monitored to avoid any circumvention of the rule.

...as
http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/ ... ve-service
itself shows there will be hardly any Iranian civilian airline not affected by this directive...