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Transport Canada has approved the conversion of Dash 8-100/200 and Dash 8-300 aircraft into simplified package freighters in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
748 Air Services, a Kenyan provider of passenger and cargo services to humanitarian, natural resources and government sectors in Africa, has ordered the service bulletin and conversion kits for its four Dash 8-100 and globally, will be the first operator for this kind of freighter.
The airline has also ordered the simplified package freighter service bulletin and conversion kits for their three Dash 8-400 which the manufacturer De Havilland Canada had launched earlier.
The converted Dash 8-100/200, Dash 8-300 and Dash 8-400 aircraft provide total potential cargo capacities of up to 2.9 t, up to 4.3 t and up to 8.1 t respectively. (ah)