Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) has signed an agreement with Confity Capital Partners, a UAE-based growth equity and investment firm, for multiple Airbus widebody A330 Passenger to Freighter (P2F) aircraft.
The A330P2F conversions for Confity will be carried out from the end of 2025 at EFW’s facility in Dresden, Germany and at its partner conversion sites across the globe.
Mumbai-based Jet Freight Logistics will be the launch customer and the first Indian cargo airline to operate the widebody Airbus P2F aircraft.
This order is part of a new partnership between Confity and EFW to bring the latter’s widebody Airbus P2F conversions to operators in India, as well as to global customers in other emerging markets.
The strategic push into India follows EFW’s introduction of its standard body A321P2F and A320P2F freighter conversions to the country in 2022.
“We are excited to enter into this strategic partnership with Confity to jointly provide new-generation Airbus converted widebody freighters to the Indian air cargo market,” said Lee London, senior vice president, marketing & sales, EFW.
“Driven by e-commerce, domestic consumption, rising exports and infrastructure improvements, India’s air cargo market is expected to grow rapidly and hit record volumes in the years to come.
“Our Airbus P2F programmes can serve as a strong enabler in this trajectory, helping Indian operators and the cargo market maintain their upward momentum with proven aircraft freighter solutions.”
Sia Ashok, managing partner at Confity, added: “We are delighted to join forces with EFW on this multi-aircraft A330 P2F conversion programme.
“This collaboration is a strategic step forward in our mission to build future-ready cargo infrastructure, driven by demand for efficient widebody freighter capacity across emerging and established markets.
”The A330 platform aligns perfectly with our investment thesis, combining operational versatility with long-term asset value. We look forward to delivering impactful outcomes for our partners, stakeholders and the global aviation ecosystem.”
EFWs A330P2F programme comes with two variants – the A330-200P2F and A330-300P2F.
The A330-200P2F can carry a gross payload of up to 60 tons of weight to over 7.700 km, while the larger A330-300P2F can carry a gross payload of up to 62 tons and a containerised volume of up to ~18.581ft3 (~526m3).
DHL Express was the launch customer for EFW’s A330-300P2F programme.
Aside from DHL, a number of other companies have taken delivery of A330P2F aircraft from EFW.
Australian airline Qantas took delivery of its second A330-200P2F aircraft in December 2023, while Air China Cargo received the first of eight A330P2Fs at the end of 2023.
And in October 2023, Amazon Air undertook the “first in-service flight” with the first of 10 EFW-converted A330-300P2Fs that it had leased for operation by Hawaiian Airlines.
