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Dec 04, 2017 (newstodate): Sweden's Taby Air Maintenance, TAM, has rounded another milestone in 2017, delivering its first converted SAAB 340B freighter aircraft directly to operations in the US cargo industry.
The freighter has been converted on a contract with Jetstream Aviation Capital, a Florida-based turboprop aircraft lessor which is the largest global lessor of Saab 340 and Saab 2000 aircraft.
In the United States, the aircraft will be placed on lease to IBC Airways for operations within its Caribbean cargo network.
IBC is the largest North American operator of Saab 340 Cargo aircraft with nine Saab 340A freighters currently in operation.
TAM is the only company worldwide that has been approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, as well as the European Aviation Safety Authority, EASA, to perform a full cargo conversion of Saab 340A and Saab 340B.
The freighter has been converted on a contract with Jetstream Aviation Capital, a Florida-based turboprop aircraft lessor which is the largest global lessor of Saab 340 and Saab 2000 aircraft.
In the United States, the aircraft will be placed on lease to IBC Airways for operations within its Caribbean cargo network.
IBC is the largest North American operator of Saab 340 Cargo aircraft with nine Saab 340A freighters currently in operation.
TAM is the only company worldwide that has been approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, as well as the European Aviation Safety Authority, EASA, to perform a full cargo conversion of Saab 340A and Saab 340B.