EFW redelivers 100th freighter aircraft
Over past 12 months, EFW’s converted freighter aircraft have performed flight distance of some 100 million kilometres.
Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the centre of excellence for Airbus passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions and joint venture of ST Engineering and Airbus, has just redelivered its 100th converted freighter aircraft.
The P2F aircraft, an A330P2F, was redelivered from EFW’s facility in China, says an official release.
"Since the redelivery of its first P2F aircraft for its widebody A330P2F programme in 2017, the number of annual conversions carried out by EFW has grown steadily. To date, 47 A321P2F, four A320P2F and 49 A330P2F converted by EFW have joined the global fleet of Airbus freighter aircraft."
Jordi Boto, Chief Executive Officer, EFW says: "The redelivery of our 100th Airbus P2F aircraft is a great milestone that is made possible by working closely together with our programme partners, customers and suppliers as a team. Over the years, we have steadily built a strong global presence for our Airbus P2F programmes. Today, we have converted aircraft that are registered in all continents while our P2F aircraft are flying in key regions across the world. We look forward to our next redelivery milestone and to providing even greater value to operators with our new-generation P2F aircraft solutions."
Crawford Hamilton, Head, Freighter Marketing, Airbus adds: "Seeing the growing number of Airbus P2F converted aircraft serving cargo markets around the world on short- and medium-haul routes makes us proud. Each converted freighter aircraft is based upon a proven Airbus platform, providing operators and investors a very appealing option of repurposing passenger aircraft for freight carriage."
Over the past 12 months, the global fleet of EFW’s converted freighter aircraft have performed a total flight distance of some 100 million kilometres, the release added.
