Originally Posted by
arketip
You mean that the US would rather gift a whole aircraft to Iran instead of having Norvegian repair it and bring it home?
I mean that doing everything as per book to get a Leap engine shipped to and changed at Shiraz is not a quick nor cheap exercise. There is nothing in relevant US sanctions which says “Mr Kjoss is exempted”. I very much doubt there are spare Leap engines outside OEM possession at this stage, and you dont ask Snecma or GE to release an engine with Shiraz airport as destination on airwaybill just like business as usual. I have been dealing with similar situations myself and it takes time, money and pain.