The Alabama facility joins a growing number of AEI Authorized Conversion Centers which include Commercial Jet’s Florida facility based in Miami Florida, Flightstar Aircraft Services, Inc. based in Jacksonville Florida and Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services based in Shanghai China. “It was critical that we secure another Authorized Conversion Center to keep up with ever increasing market demand,” said Robert T. Convey, VP sales & marketing for AEI. “CJ’s … [Read more...] about AEI selects fourth conversion centre
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Pemco to double B737-300 P2Fs
The company, which underwent a bankruptcy court-supervised restructuring in 2012 completed nine conversions last year, with Casey saying the company expects to complete 16- 20 this year. A little more than half of the 2013 conversions will be B737-300s with about two-thirds of those being full conversions to freighters and the rest will be combi-freighters, or quickchange aircraft. Several factors are contributing to this year’s increase in conversions, including low acquisition costs … [Read more...] about Pemco to double B737-300 P2Fs
B757 feedstock for conversions hits sweetspot
Aircraft feedstock is increasing by the minute and you’re going to see seismic levels of airplanes being delivered out of the legacy carriers now that the B737-800NGs and 900NGs are being delivered at record levels, so that’s helping a lot,” said Brian McCarthy VP, marketing and sales at Precision. Currently Precision is finishing up a combi and starting up another conversion on 20 May, “so not nearly as many airplanes as I would like to see – we should have … [Read more...] about B757 feedstock for conversions hits sweetspot
Freighters: Going the way of the dinosaurs?
As Robert Kunen, director Hong Kong & Southern China for Air France, KLM and Martinair Cargo notes, many legacy carriers – AF-KLM group included – are applying “very strict capacity management” to cope with the downturn. This generally means either reducing freighter services, or parking them – either on the tarmac or in the desert. “We are reducing our exposure to the downturn by focusing more on belly capacity than freighters, because the bellies are of … [Read more...] about Freighters: Going the way of the dinosaurs?
This one is for all you ‘green’ fashionistas out there.
Actually, here at Belly Ache Central, we love this clever idea – both for its creativity and its environmental friendliness. And it comes courtesy of Air France – who could really use a bit of extra income right about now. Air France, we give you a 9 out of 10 on the Belly Ache respect scale (we’re not quite sure what it takes to get a 10, but we suspect it involves complimentary swag, freebies and other bribe-a-licious goodies). It must be said, we tend towards the cynical … [Read more...] about This one is for all you ‘green’ fashionistas out there.
Change when change is needed
The air express veteran who has been with the US giant for over 30 years, 20 of which he has spent in Hong Kong, gave his take, at the recent Cargo Facts Asia conference in Hong Kong, on the changing nature of the air cargo industry and what it needs to do to become more sustainable. It is an industry that has become a “tremendous value creator for the globe,” he highlights, noting that it has a global market size of US$78 billion, creates 32 million jobs and generates $3.5 … [Read more...] about Change when change is needed
