Avocet wants to produce the first Airbus A321 converted into a cargo plane
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Avocet wants to produce the first Airbus A321 converted into a cargo plane


Léo Barnier in Orlando
| 2018/04/25 | 502 words | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | MAINTENANCE / MRO

A sprint is under way between Europe and the United States. While just two months ago the German company Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) announced a first contract with Luxembourg aircraft trading, leasing and MRO specialist Vallair to convert ten Airbus A321 passenger aircraft into freighter (P2F), it could be pipped at the post. On 9th April, in advance of MRO Americas, Avocet and 321 Precision Conversions unveiled the signature of an agreement to modify five aircraft, with work beginning in Octob...(…)

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