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Feb 20, 2012 (newstodate): Will the recent spree of orders for the new generation of Airbus A320 aircraft, the A320neo drive the reopening of the case for cargo conversion of the A320 legacy aircraft?
Since the launch of the program in December 2010, Airbus has landed over 1,500 orders for the aircraft, with among others Norwegian signing an MoU for 100 of these.
Sustained and growing preference by airlines and operators for the fuel-efficient A320neo may have an impact on the residual value of older A320 Family aircraft, changing the prospects for a re-launch of the Airbus A320 P2F program.
In June 2011, Airbus took the airfreight industry by surprise by scrapping plans, announced in April 2007, for conversion of Airbus A320 passenger aircraft to freighters, claiming the that residual value of the aircraft was still too high to render the conversion program feasible.
Launch carrier was to be West Atlantic that had planned to take delivery of its first converted A320 freighter by the end of 2012.
Airbus originally anticipated about 400 Airbus Single Aisle aircraft to be converted from 2012 to 2026.
Since the launch of the program in December 2010, Airbus has landed over 1,500 orders for the aircraft, with among others Norwegian signing an MoU for 100 of these.
Sustained and growing preference by airlines and operators for the fuel-efficient A320neo may have an impact on the residual value of older A320 Family aircraft, changing the prospects for a re-launch of the Airbus A320 P2F program.
In June 2011, Airbus took the airfreight industry by surprise by scrapping plans, announced in April 2007, for conversion of Airbus A320 passenger aircraft to freighters, claiming the that residual value of the aircraft was still too high to render the conversion program feasible.
Launch carrier was to be West Atlantic that had planned to take delivery of its first converted A320 freighter by the end of 2012.
Airbus originally anticipated about 400 Airbus Single Aisle aircraft to be converted from 2012 to 2026.