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Feb 09, 2016 (newstodate): Airbus has sold off the majority of share in the Elbe Flugzeug Werke, EFW, to Singapore's ST Aerospace.
ST Aerospace now owns 55 percent of the stake in EFW that is Airbus' core center for P2F programs.
The companies are collaborating on several freighter conversion programs, including the A330P2F conversion program, launched in 2013 and the A320/A321P2F freighter conversion program that was announced in June 2015 during the Air Show at Paris Le Bourget.
The A330 P2F program includes two versions the A330-200P2F and the larger A330-300P2F.
Coming first will be the larger A330-300P2F that will be particularly suitable for integrators and express carriers thanks to its high volumetric payload capability with lower-density cargo.
Complementing this will be the A330-200P2F which will be optimized for
higher-density freight and longer range performance.
The production capacity is planned for up to 20 conversions per year.
The MoU for A330 P2F Airbus was signed by Airbus, ST Aerospace and EADS EFW, with ST Aerospace to lead the A330 P2F engineering development, working with Airbus and EADS EFW who will subsequently be responsible as program lead during the industrial phase, with most of the conversions to be performed at the facilities in Dresden, Germany.
The A320P2F, with eleven main-deck container positions, will be capable of carrying 21 metric tonnes of payload over 2,100nm, while the A321P2F with 14 main-deck positions will be able to carry up to 27 tonnes over 1,900nm.
Airbus' first attempt at the A320 P2F project was in a cooperation with the Russian manufacturer Irkut, and in this setup Airbus would convert the A320 to offer only 10 main-deck containers three plus four lower deck AKH containers, and a converted A321 aircraft would take 13 maindeck AAA containers and five plus five lower deck AKH containers.
So far, neither P2F program has, however, managed to land a contract with a launch customer, leaving the projects in a limbo that is perhaps the driving force behind the change of ownership of EFW.
ST Aerospace now owns 55 percent of the stake in EFW that is Airbus' core center for P2F programs.
The companies are collaborating on several freighter conversion programs, including the A330P2F conversion program, launched in 2013 and the A320/A321P2F freighter conversion program that was announced in June 2015 during the Air Show at Paris Le Bourget.
The A330 P2F program includes two versions the A330-200P2F and the larger A330-300P2F.
Coming first will be the larger A330-300P2F that will be particularly suitable for integrators and express carriers thanks to its high volumetric payload capability with lower-density cargo.
Complementing this will be the A330-200P2F which will be optimized for
higher-density freight and longer range performance.
The production capacity is planned for up to 20 conversions per year.
The MoU for A330 P2F Airbus was signed by Airbus, ST Aerospace and EADS EFW, with ST Aerospace to lead the A330 P2F engineering development, working with Airbus and EADS EFW who will subsequently be responsible as program lead during the industrial phase, with most of the conversions to be performed at the facilities in Dresden, Germany.
The A320P2F, with eleven main-deck container positions, will be capable of carrying 21 metric tonnes of payload over 2,100nm, while the A321P2F with 14 main-deck positions will be able to carry up to 27 tonnes over 1,900nm.
Airbus' first attempt at the A320 P2F project was in a cooperation with the Russian manufacturer Irkut, and in this setup Airbus would convert the A320 to offer only 10 main-deck containers three plus four lower deck AKH containers, and a converted A321 aircraft would take 13 maindeck AAA containers and five plus five lower deck AKH containers.
So far, neither P2F program has, however, managed to land a contract with a launch customer, leaving the projects in a limbo that is perhaps the driving force behind the change of ownership of EFW.