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Boeing lands ten orders for freighter conversions
Boeing has unveiled ten new orders for its B737 and B767 passenger to freighter conversion programme.The order book includes two 737-800BCFs for Cargo Air of Bulgaria, and two others for Colombia-based Lineas Aereas Suramericanas (LAS) Cargo. Air Algerie has also signed a commitment for two of the type while an ...
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Pemco celebrates 100th B737 conversion
Pemco World Air Services has redelivered its 100th Boeing 737-300 converted aircraft, which was modified for SF Airlines.The 100th B737-300 conversion marks the 16th -300/-400 PEMCO-converted aircraft for SF Express-owned SF Airlines with three more planned in 2016.SF Airlines vice president Liang Xi said: “Since inducting the first B737 Classic ...
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Ancra wins B737-800 loading system contract for converted freighters
Ancra International will provide the cargo loading system for the new Boeing 737-800BCF (Boeing conversion freighter) aircraft as a Boeing Supplier Furnished Equipment (SFE).Boeing Commercial Aviation Services made the appointment of Ancra, which has delivered 550 cargo loading systems for Boeing’s 737 and 757 airplanes. More than 900 freighters currently ...
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Ancra gains AEI cargo loading order for converted B737-800s
Ancra International will provide the cargo loading system for Aeronautical Engineers Inc’s (AEI) new 737-800 passenger to freighter (P2F) converted aircraft.This new contract comes on top of similar deals with Boeing and Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI).Ancra currently supplies the cargo loading systems for all of AEI’s 737-300, 737-400, MD80SF, and ...
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GECAS places first B737-800NG with ASL
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed its first Boeing 737-800NG passenger-to-freighter converted aircraft with Dublin-based ASL Aviation Group. The agreement covers the lease of two 737-800NG freighters.In May this year, ASL acquired the airline operations of TNT Express and entered a multi-year service agreement to operate flights for the ...
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Ancra receives FAA Certification for CRJ200 SF cargo loading systems
Ancra International has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification in the US for the cargo loading system for the CRJ200 SF passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion by Aeronautical Engineers Inc’s (AEI).The system is capable of carrying eight 61.5" x 88" ULDs OR eight 62" x 88" ULDs; Ancra also offers ...
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AEI gets green light for CRJ200 jet conversion
US-based Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has gained certification from the US Federal Aviation Authority for a passenger-to-freighter conversion of a Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft.The work was carried out by AEI’s authorised conversion centre, Miami-based Commercial Jet and the aircraft was flown to its Dothan, Alabama facility for painting in the livery of ...
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SF Airlines takes delivery of latest B737 conversion from Pemco
Pemco World Air Services has redelivered another B737-300 passenger-to-freighter converted aircraft to fast growing China-based express operator SF Airlines.The latest redelivery marks the seventeenth B737-300/400 Pemco-converted aircraft to SF Airlines, which is owned by delivery firm SF Express.The aircraft modification was performed by partner STAECO in Jinan Shandong, who is ...
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Precision in Altech link-up
Precision Aircraft Solutions, the US-based passenger to freighter conversion specialist, has reached a definitive agreement with Altech Aerospace of Portland, Oregon, to join forces in the aerospace industry.Altech will continue doing business under its brand name as a division of Precision.Altech provides engineering services to airlines, MROs and aircraft manufacturers ...
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Precision redelivers B757 converted freighter to China Postal
Precision Aircraft Solutions has redelivered its first Boeing 757-200 freighter conversion to China Postal Airlines.The aircraft, MSN 25598, was converted at HAECO Xiamen and marked Precision’s twelfth collaboration with the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) service provider.“Being selected to help China Postal Airlines further the power of its express fleet ...
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Spectre awards mega-order for B737 freighter conversions
Texas-based aircraft lease-finance specialist Spectre Air Capital has announced an initial firm order, plus rolling options, for 15 Boeing 737-700 and 737-800 passenger-to-freighter conversions with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).Spectre also confirmed a launch order from Seoul Korea-based Air Incheon for three 737-800 freighters on long-term lease for delivery beginning in ...
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Atlas and Boeing ink deal for nine B767 freighter conversions
Freighter lessor Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW ) has placed an order with plane maker Boeing to convert nine 767 passenger airplanes into Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF).Four of the orders were previously announced at the Farnborough International Airshow in July this year, attributed to an “unidentified customer”, widely thought to ...
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IAI choses Ancra for freighter loading
Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) has chosen Ancra International as a preferred supplier of cargo loading systems for its 767-300 converted aircraft and its sole supplier for systems for its 737-700 conversions. All systems are available as supplier furnished equipment through IAI.Over the years, Ancra has also supplied IAI with cargo ...
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Freighters World: Filling the gap, the RJ100 targets a niche market
A ‘grand old lady’ passenger jet is looking for a new lease of life as a niche market seven to fourteen tonne capacity freighter with a range of 2,500 nautical miles (NM).UK-based plane manufacturer BAE Systems is testing the appetite for a freighter conversion of its out of production four ...
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PEMCO launches support services for conversion and MRO
Pemco World Air Services (PEMCO) engineering is adding new services to support the operators of its converted freighter aircraft and its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) customers.The added services include training for liaison engineers, customised electronic weight and balance load charts, certification consulting services, and MRO consulting services.Training services focus ...
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IPR redelivers its first ATR72 LCD conversion
IPR Conversions has redelivered its first large cargo door ATR72-202F conversion.The Switzerland-based company said the delivery of the ATR aircraft to Summit Air of Yellowknife, Canada, was its first large cargo door conversion since the purchase of the supplemental type certificate from Alenia last year.Summit Air booked an additional ATR72 ...
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BAE looks to launch RJ100 P2F conversion programme
BAE Systems is hoping to launch a passenger-to-freighter conversion programme for the Avro RJ jetliner and is seeking customer feedback to asses market potential.The principal variant for conversion would be the RJ100 aircraft, which are now starting to come out of passenger service and will be available over the next ...
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Precision reaches the 60th 757 re-delivery landmark
Jacksonville, Florida-based Precision Aircraft Solutions has re-delivered its 60th 757 freighter conversion. And it has another nine more Boeing 757 aircraft currently going through its passenger to freighter conversion process.MSN 29312, Precision’s 60th re-delivery, is also its fifth conversion of the year for European Air Transport Leipzig Airline (EAT), the ...
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Conversion specialist Bedek eyes potential B777 freighter market
Bedek Aviation Group has 35 years’ experience of passenger to freighter (P2F) conversions, starting with the early Boeing 747-100s, and is already eyeing the prospects for the Boeing 777.The conversion specialist, part of the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) giant, has focused on the Seattle-based plane maker’s family of aircraft and ...
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Aeronaves orders freighter conversion for its DHL network
Mexican airline Aeronaves TSM has placed an order for an MD-82SF freighter conversion from Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) for its DHL operation.AEI will start work on the modification at the end of August, with the aircraft due to be re-delivered to Aeronaves in early 2017 to fly for the DHL ...