AEI wins contracts for two conversions with Pinnacle Partners
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide two CRJ200 SF freighter conversions to Pinnacle Partners. The first CRJ200 (MSN 7421) will commence modification in November with redelivery scheduled for March 2018. The second CRJ200 will commence modification in December, with redelivery scheduled for April 2018. Both freighter conversions will take place at Commercial […]
EFW launches first Airbus P2F conversion flight tests
EFW (Elbe Flugzeugwerke) has successfully launched the first A330-300P2F test flights at Dresden Airport after months of preparation. Facing unfavorable weather conditions during storm Xavier the first flight only took a few minutes. The second lasted for over six hours, followed by several other flight tests to achieve the supplemental type certificate (STC) in 2017. The […]
Freighter conversions demand coming from Asian market
Asia continues to be most in-demand market for PEMCO World Air Services’ (PEMCO) various conversion programmes. In April, PEMCO launched its passenger-to-FlexCombi and passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions for the Boeing Next Generation (NG) B737-700 aircraft, which has been well received in the marketplace. These add to the full-freighter and quick change programmes for the B737-300, a […]
PEMCO launches new services to support conversion customers
Pemco World Air Services (PEMCO) engineering, the backbone of PEMCO’s cargo conversion program, has added new services to support its PEMCO-converted aircraft operators and MRO customers. These include training for liaison engineers, customized electronic weight and balance load charts, certification consulting services, and MRO consulting services. Training services focus on liaison engineers of PEMCO-converted aircraft operators. Liaison […]
Steady year for AEI, as its eyes next conversion programme
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) had a “mild year“ in 2015 but expects 2016 to be its best ever, according to the firm’s senior vice president for sales and marketing, Robert Convey. He explains to Air Cargo Week that last year was steady in comparison to 2013 and 2014 for the passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion company, […]
Precision redelivers P2F conversions
In the space of one week, Precision Aircraft Solutions says it has redelivered four passenger to freighter (P2F) conversions. The company says the aircraft were redelivered from four maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) locations around the world to three different customers. The four Boeing 757-200 passenger to freighter conversion aircraft included to DHL at Flightstar in Jacksonville […]
