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SERVICING OF IRANIAN AIR FORCE
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1. AS LUFTHANSA SERVICE THE BOEING AIRCRAFT OF IRAN AIR, SECRETARY (CIVIL AVIATION) SPOKE TO MENTZINGER, HEAD OF THE AUSWAERTISES AMT DEPARTMENT DEALING WITH TRANSPORT POLICY. AFTER CONFERRING WITH HIS COLLEAGUES CLOSER TO THE IRANIAN SITUATION, MENTZINGEN RESPONDED THAT IT WAS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT LUFTHANSA WOULD ALSO TAKE ON THE OVER HAUL CONTRACT FOR THE IRANIAN AIR FORCE PLANES. HE COULD NOT COMMENT ON THE FUTURE OF THE IRAN AIR CONTRACT.
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