Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) continues to accelerate the rollout of its 737-800SF conversion program globally, with its most recent regulatory approval coming from Brazil’s Agencia Nacional de Aviacao Civil (ANAC). The ANAC approval gives AEI a total of eight certifications for the 737-800SF, Robert Convey, AEI senior vice president of sales and marketing, confirmed to
Aeronautical Engineering takes used planes and turns them into cargo configuration. More countries are approving a new design for its 737-800 freighter.
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Published: 14 Dec 2020 08:15 AM BdST
Updated: 14 Dec 2020 08:15 AM BdST View of the interior of a fully converted Airbus A321 freighter at an ST Engineering hangar in Singapore December 2, 2020. REUTERS
From Air Canada to China’s CDB Aviation, airlines and leasing firms are rushing to permanently convert older passenger jets into freighters, betting on a boom in e-commerce as the value of used planes tumbles amid the pandemic. );
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That has created a huge opportunity for passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion companies, including Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering Ltd, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and US-based Aeronautical Engineers Inc.
Aviation analytics firm Cirium expects the number of P2F conversions globally will rise by 36% to 90 planes in 2021, and to 109 planes in 2022.
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