North American partners for air freight
AELF Flightservice, a privately held commercial aircraft leasing company with offices in Chicago, Miami, and Dublin, has partnered with Montreal-based Avianor for the conversion of its passenger A330-200s to auxiliary cargo configuration.
The MRO Avianor supplied the customary supplemental type certificate ("STC") conversion kit and parts support for the modifications, in which all passenger seats are removed from the cabin and netted cargo restraints installed. The Avianor contract covers four of the AELF Flightservice A330-200s.
The first two aircraft, MSN 700 and MSN 472, have completed the embodiment of the Avianor STC, and each aircraft now has a cargo capacity of 230 cbm of volume and 58 t of payload. Two additional aircraft, MSN 466 and MSN 871, are currently being converted. (ah)