Freighter conversions/MRO – Page 28
-
News
First to market race heats up for A320/321 conversion programme
PACAVI Group and Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co (GAMECO) said that they are on track in being "first to market" with their joint Airbus A320/A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme in 2017.They face competition from the joint venture between Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) and Dresden-based Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) to launch ...
-
News
ST Aerospace completes 55% ownership of EFW freighter conversion specialist
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) has taken an additional 20% equity interest in Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the Germany-based passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion arm of plane maker Airbus.The investment, first announced in June 2015, was completed following the receipt of regulatory approvals and "fulfilment of customary conditions precedent".Dresden-based EFW now ...
-
News
PEMCO delivers third B737-400 Combi conversion to First Air
PEMCO World Air Services has redelivered of a 737-400 Combi aircraft to First Air, Canada’s Arctic and remote region air carrier.PEMCO has previously converted two 737 Combi’s for First Air, and the work on the current airframe was completed at the passenger to freighter conversion specialist’s headquarters at Tampa International ...
-
News
Kahala Aviation bags converted B737-300F
US-based freighter conversion specialist PEMCO World Air Services has redelivered a Boeing 737-300F aircraft to Ireland-based Kahala Aviation, a leading lessor of narrow-body freighter aircraft.The freighter, converted at PEMCO’s headquarters in Tampa, has now entered service. This conversion marks PEMCO’s third redelivery of a B737-300 to Kahala since 2008. A ...
-
News
Precision redelivers four converted B757Fs in a week
US-based Precision Aircraft Solutions, a specialist Boeing 757-200 passenger to freighter conversion company, has completed a busy week.It has redelivered four 757 aircraft from four locations around the world to three clients.“We are tremendously proud of these four converted freighters being redelivered in one week,” said Precision president Gary Warner.“The ...
-
News
ANA has B767 conversion options for freighter fleet expansion
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) is considering converting some of its Boeing 767 passenger aircraft into freighters, according to Reuters.ANA chief executive Osamu Shinobe was reported as saying that eight out of the carrier’s 11 Boeing 767-300 freighters were once passenger jets.Speaking on the sidelines of an aviation industry event ...
-
News
AEI wins conversion order for 15 Boeing 737s
US passenger to freighter conversion specialist Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) has won a firm order from Aviation Capital Group (ACG) for 15 Boeing 737-800SF type aircraft, with an option for 15 more.Terms were not disclosed.AEI will commence the conformity B737-800SF modification in 2016 and expects to receive FAA Supplemental Type ...
-
News
Airbus A320/321 conversion prospects
A SMART career move for suitable members of the A320 and A321 passenger aircraft family is to become a converted freighter, as heir apparent to the integrator’s Boeing 757 workhorse.There are two companies positioning themselves in the A320/321 narrowbody passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion market, estimated at 2,200 suitable airframes ...
-
News
B757, built to Precision
Fleet replacements in Europe and rapid e-commerce growth in China have kept the production lines rolling in the Boeing 757-200 passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion market.None more so than for US-based Precision Aircraft Solutions, which will undertake 20 such narrowbody conversions this year, and expects to do the same number ...
-
News
PEMCO delivers tenth B737 freighter convert for SF Airlines
PEMCO World Air Services has redelivered a converted Boeing 737-300F to SF Airlines, the air cargo division of Shenzhen-based logistics specialist SF Express.The US-based conversion specialist has now completed a total of ten B737-300/400F passenger to freighter reconfigurations for the Chinese parcel carrier.The original contract, signed in July 2013, was ...
-
News
Quick change B737 for Mistral Air
PEMCO World Air Services has redelivered a converted Boeing 737-300QC (Quick Change) to Automatic, a US-based aircraft leasing company.US-based passenger to freighter conversion specialist PEMCO said that the aircraft, built in 1998, is to be operated by Mistral Air based in Italy.Mistral Air is one of the main Italian air ...
-
News
PEMCO delivers 737-400F to AerCaribe
US-based PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has confirmed the redelivery of a converted passenger to freighter (P2F) Boeing 737-400F to AerCaribe, a charter airline serving Colombia.The P2F agreement was secured in the first quarter of 2015, and the first plane redelivered May, said aircraft conversion specialist PEMCO. The second aircraft ...
-
News
Muilenburg to head Boeing
Boeing has elected Dennis Muilenburg as the US planemaker's 10th chief executive, succeeding Jim McNerney.Muilenburg, who has served as Boeing president and chief operating officer since 2013, becomes president and chief executive on July 1.McNerney, who joined Boeing's board of directors in 2001, continues as its chairman. To ensure a ...
-
News
GECAS launches Boeing 737-800NG conversion programme
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the aviation leasing and financing arm of GE, has launched its 737-800NG passenger-to-freighter conversion programme.GECAS plans to convert up to 20 of its B737-800NG passenger aircraft to freighters. Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) will perform the conversions at its facilities in the US and China.The first ...
-
News
PEMCO delivers a quick change B737 to Airpost
PEMCO World Air Services has redelivered its second 737-300F to Europe Airpost (EAP).This latest quick change (QC) to full freighter modification was completed under a two aircraft agreement with an option for a third. All modifications were accomplished at PEMCO’s Tampa facility.Said PEMCO: “While PEMCO’s original contract with EAP consisted ...
-
News
B757 conversion quartet heading for SF Express
US-based Precision Aircraft Solutions is to convert four B757 passenger aircraft into freighters for China’s SF Express Co, the Shenzhen-based logistics specialist and courier.“We are thrilled to put the Precision capabilities to work for SF Express as it further develops its 757 fleet,” said Precision president Gary Warner.The aircraft were ...
-
News
A320/A321 conversion programme launched
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) has signed collaboration agreements with Airbus and the Airbus subsidiary Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW) to launch the A320/A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme.This follows a similar collaboration for the A330 P2F programme launched in 2013. Under the new agreements, ST Aerospace will lead the A320/A321 P2F ...
-
News
Canadian North combi convert takes a bow
North American passenger and cargo carrier Canadian North has taken delivery of a B737-300QC combi.The passenger jet was converted by aircraft maintenance and repair specialist KF Aerospace in collaboration with US-based PEMCO, an established B737 passenger to freighter (P2F) company.PEMCO’s B737-300QC Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) was used as a platform, ...
-
News
Precision gains 757 conversion contract
Aero engineering specialist Precision Aircraft Solutions has secured a B757 passenger-to-freighter conversion contract from Vx Capital Partners, the San Francisco-based privately owned leasing company.Eric Adema, principal of Vx, said: “Due to the high demand for freighters in the Precision 757 weight and volume class, we believe that now is the ...
-
News
P2F partnership confirms A321 conversions to start this year
Aircraft sales, leasing and conversion group PACAVI and partner Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co (Gameco) have confirmed they will begin the serial production of both Airbus A320 and A321 passenger-to-freighter conversions by the end of this year.PACAVI chief executive Stephan Hollmann said: “Our joint project team will commence conversion of ...