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Jun 15, 2015 (newstodate): The US-headquartered PACAVI Group has signed the Swedish manufacturer SAAB Aerostructures to participate in its program for Airbus A321 Family aircraft conversion to freighters.
SAAB Aerostructures will become responsible for construction of the main deck cargo door including surrounding structure as well as providing support during the design phase.
The PACAVI Group has already placed the first Airbus A320 aircraft for conversion at HAITEC's facility in Frankfurt/Hahn, and the conversion of the first A321 prototype will commence by Q4, 2015, at GAMECO's facility in Guangzhou, China.
PACAVI has thus by far overtaken the Airbus A320/321 P2F programs as proposed by the Airbus Group's subsidiary EFW that is still to announce the formal launch of the freighter conversion.
As earlier reported by newstodate, EFW may be expected to announce its P2F program during one of this year's trade shows.
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.
Airbus originally anticipated about 400 Airbus Single Aisle aircraft to be converted from 2012 to 2026.
SAAB Aerostructures will become responsible for construction of the main deck cargo door including surrounding structure as well as providing support during the design phase.
The PACAVI Group has already placed the first Airbus A320 aircraft for conversion at HAITEC's facility in Frankfurt/Hahn, and the conversion of the first A321 prototype will commence by Q4, 2015, at GAMECO's facility in Guangzhou, China.
PACAVI has thus by far overtaken the Airbus A320/321 P2F programs as proposed by the Airbus Group's subsidiary EFW that is still to announce the formal launch of the freighter conversion.
As earlier reported by newstodate, EFW may be expected to announce its P2F program during one of this year's trade shows.
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.
Airbus originally anticipated about 400 Airbus Single Aisle aircraft to be converted from 2012 to 2026.