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GA Telesis signs up for a second B737 conversion with AEI
GA Telesis is exercising an option for a second B737-800SF freighter conversion with Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI).The second aircraft (MSN 28826) will commence modification at the end of January 2021 and is scheduled for redelivery in early May 2021. All modification touch labor will be performed by the authorised AEI ...
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AEI to provide fourth B737-400SF conversion to KF Aerospace
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has confirmed that it will provide Canada-based KF Aerospace with its fourth B737-400SF freighter conversion.Work on the aircraft will commence in December this year and will be carried out by KF Aerospace in Hamilton in Ontario, Canada.The conversion will be the first from AEI to take ...
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Nauru orders second B737 freighter conversion
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) will provide Nauru Airlines with a second 10-pallet position B737-300SF freighter conversion.Modification work on the aircraft (MSN 25607) will commence at Commercial Jet’s Miami, Florida facility in mid-January 2021 and is scheduled for re-delivery in May 2021."Like the first freighter conversion announced in March of this ...
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AEI makes HAECO Xiamen an authorised Conversion Center
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has selected Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering Company Limited, also known as HAECO Xiamen, to act as one of its authorised AEI Conversion Centers.HAECO Xiamen will carry out AEI conversions in the Asia Pacific region.The company's first conversion, a B737-800SF, is scheduled to commence in January next ...
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AEI to modify B737-800SFs for GA Telesis
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has entered an agreement with GA Telesis that will involve it modifying and delivering up to two Boeing 737-800SF aircraft."The order includes one firm aircraft with an option for a second aircraft," AEI said.Work on the first aircraft (MSN 32903) will be carried out by Commercial ...
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AEI set to convert aircraft for CargoAir
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has signed a contract with CargoAir that will see it converting a Boeing 737-400SF freighter for the Bulgaria-based carrier.Work on the aircraft — which will be carried out by AEI partner Commercial Jet in Dothan, Alabama — is scheduled to start in September this year.AEI’s B737-400SF ...
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NewsAerCaribe to add another B737-400F
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Columbian-based AerCaribe with a B737-400SF freighter conversion.The aircraft (MSN 24130) is onsite and work has commenced, with modification touch labor performed by AEI partner Commercial Jet at its Dothan, Alabama facility. This freighter conversion represents the second AEI freighter for ...
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AEI to convert B737-800s into freighters for Aviation Holdings
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has announced that it will convert up to three Boeing 737-800SF freighters for Aviation Holdings.The first aircraft conversion (MSN 29916) will begin in June and will be carried out by China-based STAECO, an authorised AEI Conversion Center. The conversion will be the first time that a ...
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AEI gains further certification for B737 conversions
Transport Canada Civil Aviation has approved Aeronautical Engineers, Inc’s supplemental type certificate (STC) for the 11-pallet position B737-400SF freighter conversion and the 10-pallet position B737-300SF freighter conversion.Foreseeing an uptick in demand for the B737 Classic freighter programmes, AEI initialized the approval process with Transport Canada in the fourth quarter of ...
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NewsAEI reports renewed interest in B737 classic conversions
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is seeing renewed interest in its Classic 737 conversion programmes and is expecting to have at least 10 Classics delivered or in work this year.Due to the continued MAX grounding and the pressure it has placed on feedstock throughout the industry, many AEI said that many ...
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Allied Air signs up for four B737 conversions
African freighter operator Allied Air has signed up for four B737-800 conversions to be carried out by Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI).The agreement calls for two firm orders with an additional two options.The first aircraft (MSN 36746) will commence modification in mid-March 2020 and all touch labour will be performed by ...
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NewsAEI to provide Airwork with 12th B737-400SF freighter conversion
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) is to provide New Zealand-based Airwork with an additional B737-400SF freighter conversion, the 12th such aircraft for the airline.Airwork currently operates a fleet of 12 B737 freighter aircraft in its New Zealand/Australia freight operations, including both the B737-300F and the B737-400F models.AEI confirmed that all modification touch ...
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Cargo conversion market hit by B737 Max grounding
Conversion firm Aeronautical Engineers has said that the grounding of Boeing 737 Max aircraft has hit the supply of feedstock aircraft.Speaking at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers conference in Dublin, Robert Convey, vice-president of sales and marketing at conversion firm Aeronautical Engineers, said the Boeing 737 Max’s grounding has hit ...
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NewsAEI bags B737-400SF conversion trio for Vx Capital Partners
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) is to provide Vx Capital Partners (Vx) with an additonal three B737- 400SF freighter conversions, marking AEI's 25th such commission from the US-based aircraft lessor.The first aircraft will start modification in March of this year, followed by the second aircraft in May and the third in August ...
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AEI selects STAECO as conversion centre
US-based Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI), the passenger to freighter aircraft conversion specialist, has selected China's Taikoo (Shandong) Aircraft Engineering Co, (STAECO), as an Authorized Conversion Center.“As we gear up production for the B737-800SF programme, we needed to expand our conversion line capacity,” said Robert Convey, AEI senior vice president sales ...
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NewsEthiopian Cargo takes delivery of its first B737 freighter
Ethiopian Cargo B737-800 freighterAfrica's Ethiopian Cargo has taken delivery of its first B737-800 freighter, with a payload capacity of more than 23 tonnes.GECAS delivered Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI)’s inaugural passenger-to-freighter converted B737-800 to the national flag carrier of Ethiopia.Completing the conversion of the prototype aircraft in December, and AEI) has ...
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AEI receives FAA certification for B737-800SF
Passenger to freighter conversion specialist Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) has received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the passenger-to-freighter conversion of B737-800 aircraft.The prototype B737-800SF freighter conversion was completed in December, but experienced a delay in certification due to the partial US government shutdown in January ...
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AEI to provide Germany's Royal Aero with a converted B737-400 freighter
Passenger to freighter conversion specialist Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) is to provide Germany-based aviation trading company Royal Aero with a B737-400SF.The aircraft will commence modification next week at Commercial Jet’s Alabama facility, and the converted freighter will be redelivered to Royal Aero in May 2019. This will be Royal Aero’s ...
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AEI receives Transport Canada approval for CRJ200 SF conversion
Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) has received Transport Canada approval for its CRJ200 SF passenger-to-freighter conversion.The Transport Canada approval (SA18-130) allows for the operation of Canadian registered CRJ200 SF freighters, which have a capacity for up to 6.6 tonnes of cargo.At the end of 2016, AEI received the original supplemental type ...
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AEI starts conversion work on Automatic's B737 freighter for Titan
US aircraft conversion specialist Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) is to provide aircraft lessor and trading house Automatic with another B737-400SF freighter, adding that orders for the conversion platform "remain strong".Passenger to freighter modification work on Automatic's B737-400 began this week and the converted twinjet will be re-delivered in early March ...
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