Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), JV of ST Engineering and Airbus, has expanded its presence in the fast growing Chinese aviation market with the signing of a new freighter conversion contract with Hengqin Winglet Aircraft Technology (Hengqin Winglet), marking the lessor’s first Airbus A330 passenger to f...

Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), Centre of Excellence for Airbus freighter conversions, today announced that the Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for its Airbus A320 and A321 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion programmes has been validated by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). ...

Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) today announced it has redelivered the first of three A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) aircraft to Air Lease, a global aircraft leasing company with over 800 owned, managed and on order aircraft in its fleet. The redelivered A330-200P2F aircraft will be operated by Mexic...

Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), centre of excellence for Airbus freighter conversions, has announced it has signed an agreement with Confity Capital Partners (Confity), a UAE-based growth equity and investment firm, on a multi-aircraft order for its Airbus A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) programme.  ...

MRO expert Turkish Technic has successfully performed the Upper Frame Shell (UFS) cut-out for the very first converted A330P2F at the Istanbul facilities. The aircraft is scheduled to be re-delivered mid of the year 2024 to the customer Air Transport Service Group (ATSG). Turkish Technic is th...

Europe's safety regulator has revoked a directive that aimed to tighten time limits for inspecting Airbus A321 converted freighters for potential fatigue cracks in the center wing-box area. The directive, issued on 12 September, had been a response to stress and load calculations performed by con...

Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), center of excellence for Airbus Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversions and joint venture by ST Engineering and Airbus, has just redelivered the 50th passenger-to-freighter (P2F) converted aircraft of its new generation Airbus P2F family program. The P2F aircraft, ...

Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW) and Sichuan Haite Hi-Tech (Haite), a publicly listed MRO solutions provider for aircraft in China, announced today the signing of a letter of intent (LOI) for a collaboration on Airbus Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversions. Under the partnership, Haite will carry ...

Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), competence center for Airbus Aircraft Conversion (P2F) and for lightweight components, has signed a supplier contract with Euro-Composites S.A (EC), amounting to more than 80 million US Dollar. This has secured EFW's supply for honeycomb products from EC as a long-t...

AerCap Holdings N.V. announced today it has placed firm orders for 15 Airbus A321-200 Passenger to Freighter (P2F) aircraft conversions and an option for a further 15 A321P2F conversions with Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH ‘EFW’. The aircraft are from AerCap’s A321 passenger portfolio and are expe...

Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), center of excellence for Airbus Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversions and Turkish Technic, a leading MRO company certified around the world as Part 145 and Part 21 J&G organization, announced a new collaboration in A330P2F conversions. The collaboration will ...

CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Limited (“CDB Leasing”), has taken delivery of the first freighter aircraft in the lessor’s history, an A330-300 passenger-to-freighter (P2F). The aircraft was converted by Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH...

Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), center of excellence for Airbus freighter conversions, has received the Supplemental Type Certification (STC) from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for its head-of-version A320 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) aircraft. This prototype unit is the first A320P2...

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (ATSG), the world’s largest lessor of freighter aircraft, has committed to a total of 29 Airbus A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion slots with Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), center of excellence for Airbus freighter conversions and a joint venture between ST ...

CDB Aviation announced to have committed to an additional twelve conversions with Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (“EFW”), expanding its A330 P2F fleet to fourteen aircraft. Moreover, the lessor is on pace to launch the A330-300 P2F freighter type in China in 2022, with lease commitments from Sichu...