AEI to provide six B737-800SF conversions to Aero Capital Solutions
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) announces the company will provide Austin-based, Aero Capital Solutions (ACS), with six additional B737-800SF freighter conversions. Upon completion of this new order, ACS will have a total of 40 AEI B737-800SF freighter conversions in their fleet. In October of 2020, ACS placed its first order for the B737-800SF freighter conversion and […]
AEI convert B737-800SF for CargoAir
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has successfully redelivered CargoAir’s first B737-800SF freighter. This aircraft (MSN 30664) also represents the first AEI B737-800SF freighter conversion to be operated in Europe. AEI received EASA approval for the B737-800SF on May 7, 2021. In November of last year, CargoAir signed up for two AEI B737-800SF freighter conversions, after cancelling […]
AEI to provide Aviation Holding with freighter conversions
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. has announced the company will be providing Aviation Holdings III Investments, LLC, with three more B737-800SF freighter conversions. The total number of AEI B737-800SF freighter conversions ordered by Aviation Holdings now stands at eight. The first aircraft of this new order is scheduled to commence modification in April 2021. Modification touch labour […]
AEI announces order for two MD-83SF freighters for Aeronaves TSM
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Saltillo, Mexico-based Aeronaves TSM SA. de CV (TSM) with two additional AEI MD-83SF freighter conversions. The first MD-83 (MSN 49945) will commence modification in March 2020, followed by the second MD-83 modification beginning in November 2020. Touch labor for both modifications will be performed by […]
AEI picks STAECO as a conversion centre
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has selected Taikoo (Shandong) Aircraft Engineering Company (STAECO) as an Authorized Conversion Center. AEI has three Authorized Conversion Centers including Commercial Jet in Miami, Florida; Commercial Jet Services in Dothan, Alabama; and KF Aerospace in Kelowna, Canada. Robert Convey, senior vice president of sales and marketing at AEI says: “As we gear […]
FAA approves AEI 737-800 freighter conversion
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for the Boeing 737-800 passenger-to-freighter conversion, having been delayed by the partial government shutdown. The prototype, MSN 29121 was completed in December, and offers a payload of 23.9 tonnes with the capacity of 11 88”x125” container positions, plus an additional position for an AEP/AEH. The conversion […]
AEI to provide Royal Aero with Boeing 737-400SF
Aeronautical Engineers has signed a contract with Royal Aero to provide the Miesbach, Germany-based airline with its first Boeing 737-400SF. The aircraft, MSN 29204 will be modified at Commercial Jet’s Dothan, Alabama facility and be delivered to Royal Aero in May 2019. The AEI 737-400SF is the only passenger to freighter conversion product offering operators […]
Transport Canada approves AEI CRJ200SF
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has received Transport Canada approval for the AEI CRJ200SF passenger to freighter conversion. AEI received the original FAA STC for the CRJ200 SF at the end of 2016, and was granted approval by the EASA in May this year. The passenger to freighter conversion company has 45 firm orders and commitments for […]
AEI to convert a 737-400 for Automatic
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract with Automatic to provide the company with a Boeing 737-400SF. The 737-400, MSN 25853 is being modified and will be re-delivered in March 2019. It will be operated by UK-based Titan Airways and represents the airline’s second 737-400. Commercial Jet’s Dothan, Alabama is handling the modification touch-labour and […]
AEI to supply Aeronaves with four more CRJ200SFs
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract with Mexico-based Aeronaves to provide it with an additional four CRJ200SF freighter conversions. The first CRJ200 will start undergoing modification in September, with redelivery scheduled for January 2019. The second, third and fourth will follow in March, July and December of 2019. Commercial Jet’s Dothan, Alabama facility will […]
60 years and still going strong for Aeronautical Engineers
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has celebrated its 60th birthday and is on track to deliver its 500th freighter conversion by the end of the year. The company started operations on 9 July 1958 when James Addison had the vision of providing the airfreight industry with dependable and cost-effective freighter conversions. AEI made its mark with conversions […]
AEI to convert another 737-400 for Vx Capital Partners
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Vx Capital Partners with an additional Boeing 737-400SF freighter conversion. The aircraft, MSN 27673 will be the 23rd AEI provides to Vx, and will commence modification in June 2018 and be redelivered in October 2018. KF Aerospace, an AEI Authorised Conversion Centre based in Kelowna, Canada […]
Aeronautical Engineers to convert fourth CRJ200 for Aeronaves
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Mexico-based Aeronaves with a fourth CRJ200 SF freighter conversion. Modification for the fourth aircraft will start in June 2018, with re-delivery scheduled for October 2018. Commercial Jet’s Dothan, Alabama facility will handle the modification touch labour for the conversion. Aeronaves says it plans on operating many […]
AEI inducts fifth 737-400 freighter conversion for Kalitta Charters
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has inducted its fifth 11 pallet Boeing 737-400 freighter conversion for Kalitta Charters, to be redelivered in July 2018. The aircraft arrived at Commercial Jet’s Miami facility to commence modification before being returned in the summer. AEI says its 737-400SF is the only passenger to freighter conversion that offers operators 10 full […]
Aeronautical Engineers to provide Vx with another 737-400SF
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Vx Capital Partners with an additional Boeing 737-400SF. Modification of the aircraft will commence in May 2018 with AEI’s authorised conversion centre Flightstar Aircraft Services carrying out the work in Jacksonville, Florida. The aircraft will be redelivered in October 2018 and will be the 22nd AEI […]
Freighter conversion market starts transition to the next generation
With the surge in global freight volumes in the first half of 2017 and the industry experiencing its fastest pace of growth since 2010, there is potential for aircraft conversions to provide important capacity. Current market conditions still favour older generation aircraft being converted. However, the market is facing a transition to new-generation converted freighters […]
Aeronautical Engineers delivers two 737-400s to Vx Capital Partners
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has redelivered two Boeing 737-400 Special Freighter conversions to Vx Capital Partners. The first aircraft, MSN 28887 was modified by KF Aerospace and the second aircraft, MSN 25376 was modified by Flightstar Aircraft Services. Vx contacted AEI in January 2014 to modify one aircraft before making the second order, which represent the […]
Aeronautical Engineers to provide Everts Air Cargo with two MD-83SFs
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Everts Air Cargo with two MD-83SF conversions by the end of the year. The first MD-83 (MSN 53471) will commence modification on 4 April and will be re-delivered to the Fairbanks, Alaska-based airline at the beginning of August 2018. The second one (MSN TBD) will then […]
AEI delivers its 100th 737-400 freighter conversion
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has delivered its 100th Boeing 737-400 SF freighter conversion, with the special aircraft going to Dublin-based ASL Aviation. The aircraft is the 13th AEI 737-400 conversion to be redelivered to ASL, and it has an additional four undergoing work or scheduled for modification in 2018 at Commercial Jet’s Dothan, Alabama facility. AEI […]
Ethiopian Cargo to lease two 737-800 Freighters from GECAS
Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services has committed to lease two Boeing 737-800 Freighters from GECAS, which will have joined the fleet by January 2019. The aircraft will be converted by Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) and leased from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), with the first delivery expected in June 2018, and the second following in January […]
AEI to carry out CRJ200 freighter conversion for Airest
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Regional One with a CRJ200 SF Freighter, to be leased to Airest. Modification of the aircraft started last week at Commercial Jet’s Miami, Florida facility and will be re-delivered to Regional One in the beginning of April 2018. Regional One will be providing a financial lease […]
AEI to provide Aeronaves with two additional MD-80SF conversions
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Aeronaves with two additional MD-83SF freighter conversions. The first MD-83 (MSN 53288) will commence modification in the beginning of June and will be re-delivered in September 2017 and the second (MSN 53289) will start on 26 June and be returned in October 2017. Commercial Jet’s Miami […]
AEI to carry out third 737-400SF freighter conversion for Kalitta
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has inducted its third 11 pallet Boeing 737-400SF freighter conversion for Kalitta Charters, and will re-deliver it at the beginning of September. The aircraft, MSN 25849, arrived at Commercial Jet’s Miami facility and modification is underway. AEI says its 737-400SF is the only passenger to freighter conversion offering operators 10 full height […]
Flightstar chosen as AEI authorised conversion centre
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has selected Jacksonville-based Flightstar Aircraft Services as an Authorized Conversion Center. AEI says demand for its passenger-to-freighter conversion products including the Boeing 737-400SF, MD80SF, CRJ200SF and soon the B737-800SF require that additional capacity is added. Flightstar was chosen for its experience in passenger-to-freighter modifications, in addition to maintenance services, and will set […]
AEI to convert three Boeing 737-400SFs for Vallair
Vallair has signed a contract with Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) for three 11 pallet position Boeing 737-400SF freighter conversions, to be delivered this year. AEI will start modifying the first aircraft in March, with the other two following in June and September, with the work taking place at Commercial Jet’s Dothan, Alabama facility. The 737-400SF offers […]
AEI picks KF Aerospace as new freighter conversion centre
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has chosen KF Aerospace as an Authorized Conversion Center to provide additional capacity for passenger-to-freighter conversions. KF Aerospace has major facilities in Kelowna, British Columbia and Hamilton, Ontario, and will start converting Boeing 737-400s from April this year. AEI says the success of its 737-400SF, MD80SF, CRJ200SF and soon the 737-800SF when […]
AEI to provide Avmax with 8 more CRJ200 freighter conversions
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) is to provide Avmax with at least eight more CRJ200 freighter conversions after signing a letter of intent. Avmax, which already owns 65 CRJ200s, intends to make the additional aircraft available for sale and/or wet/dry leasing options to operators around the world. The AEI CRJ200 will provide Avmax with eight 61.5” x […]
AEI certified by FAA for CRJ200 freighter conversions
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has gained Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for passenger-to-freighter conversions for the Bombardier CRJ200. The aircraft will have a maindeck payload of up to 6.7 tonnes, depending on model and aircraft weight limits. The CRJ200 SF offers two cargo loading systems: eight 61.5” x 88” or eight 62” x 88” unit load […]
Aeronaves orders fourth AEI MD-82SF converted freighter
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has received a fourth order for an MD-82SF converted freighter from Mexico-based Aeronaves. AEI will start modifying the aircraft, registration MSN 49990, at its Commercial Jet facility in Miami. The aircraft will be re-delivered to fly for the DHL network in Mexico. Aeronaves is the largest overall operator of AEI MD-80SF series […]
First AEI CRJ200 SF completes maiden flight
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has completed the maiden flight of its CRJ200 SF, and is hoping to get Federal Aviation Administration certification “imminently”. IFL Group, based in Waterford, Michigan, is the launch customers for the CRJ200 SF, and AEI has 45 firm orders and commitments for the aircraft. The AEI CRJ200 SF has a payload of […]
