SINGAPORE's st Engineering's commercial aerospace business has signed an agreement to lease up to five Airbus A320 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft to Vaayu Group.
Nairobi cargo airline Astral Aviation will be the launch operator for the first two of five A320P2F aircraft by sub-leasing them from Vaayu.
In December 2021, London's Air Cargo News reported that Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the joint venture created by Airbus and ST Engineering, carried out the first flight of the A320 passenger-to-freighter aircraft, the A320P2F. It was confirmed that this aircraft would be leased to Vaayu Group.
The first A320P2F, which is being converted by ST Engineering, is expected to be placed on lease in the second quarter of 2022. This will also be the world's first A320P2F aircraft to go into operation. ST Engineering will convert and lease the remaining freighter aircraft progressively.
Said ST Engineering vice president Yip Heng Meng: 'As an aviation asset solution provider that is backed by other integrated lifecycle capabilities including freighter conversion, we are able to provide comprehensive solutions not offered by other service providers, and help operators gain a competitive edge.'
Said Vaayu Group chairman and president Emad Al Monayea: 'The upside of the pandemic was an increase of sales in e-commerce space. For freighters and cargo handlers worldwide, this was unexpected. We saw this coming. We simply fast-tracked the process from conception to a reality in this A320P2F programme.'Said Astral Aviation CEO Sanjeev Gadhia: 'The Airbus range of freighter aircraft are impressive and will add immense value to Astral's fleet and network expansion, which will result in Astral considering future freighter aircraft acquisitions of the A320, A321, A330-300 and A350.'
The A320P2F is one of the two variants - the other being the A321P2F - in the Airbus narrowbody P2F programme by ST Engineering, Airbus and their joint venture Elbe Flugzeugwerke.
In December 2021, Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the joint venture created by Airbus and ST Engineering, carried out the first flight of the A320 passenger-to-freighter aircraft, the A320P2F. It was confirmed that this aircraft would be leased to Vaayu Group.
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Nairobi cargo airline Astral Aviation will be the launch operator for the first two of five A320P2F aircraft by sub-leasing them from Vaayu.
In December 2021, London's Air Cargo News reported that Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the joint venture created by Airbus and ST Engineering, carried out the first flight of the A320 passenger-to-freighter aircraft, the A320P2F. It was confirmed that this aircraft would be leased to Vaayu Group.
The first A320P2F, which is being converted by ST Engineering, is expected to be placed on lease in the second quarter of 2022. This will also be the world's first A320P2F aircraft to go into operation. ST Engineering will convert and lease the remaining freighter aircraft progressively.
Said ST Engineering vice president Yip Heng Meng: 'As an aviation asset solution provider that is backed by other integrated lifecycle capabilities including freighter conversion, we are able to provide comprehensive solutions not offered by other service providers, and help operators gain a competitive edge.'
Said Vaayu Group chairman and president Emad Al Monayea: 'The upside of the pandemic was an increase of sales in e-commerce space. For freighters and cargo handlers worldwide, this was unexpected. We saw this coming. We simply fast-tracked the process from conception to a reality in this A320P2F programme.'Said Astral Aviation CEO Sanjeev Gadhia: 'The Airbus range of freighter aircraft are impressive and will add immense value to Astral's fleet and network expansion, which will result in Astral considering future freighter aircraft acquisitions of the A320, A321, A330-300 and A350.'
The A320P2F is one of the two variants - the other being the A321P2F - in the Airbus narrowbody P2F programme by ST Engineering, Airbus and their joint venture Elbe Flugzeugwerke.
In December 2021, Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the joint venture created by Airbus and ST Engineering, carried out the first flight of the A320 passenger-to-freighter aircraft, the A320P2F. It was confirmed that this aircraft would be leased to Vaayu Group.
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