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Ethiopian celebrates the conversion of the first Boeing 767-300F

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:25:02 +0000

Ethiopian Airlines Group announced the completion of passenger to freighter conversion of one of its three Boeing 767-300 aircraft in partnership with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The two companies had launched a Boeing 767-300ER freighter conversion line at Ethiopian MRO facilities in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian introduced these aircraft models in 2004. The conversion is aimed [...]

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Ethiopian Completes conversion of Africa’s first B767

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 15:04:12 +0000

Ethiopian Airlines will soon put into service its first 767-300BDSF and the first freighter to be converted with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) at the Ethiopian Airlines’ maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility in Addis Ababa (ADD). Ethiopian Airlines’ MRO division began the passenger-to-freighter conversion of the airline’s first Boeing 767-300ER cargo aircraft. The work, carried [...]

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Astral Aviation Sets Its Eyes On Converted Boeing 777s

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 20:07:15 +0000

Nairobi-based Astral Aviation will continue to expand its fleet with various freighter aircraft types, as it now eyes more large widebodies, by the mid-2020s. According to Cargo Facts, the cargo airline hopes to add B777-300ERSFs to its fleet and is in negotiations with AerCap to receive two of the types in 2024 and 2025. The [...]

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Ethiopian Airlines Partners Israel Aerospace Industries to Establish B767 Passenger to Freighter Conversion centre

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 04:56:44 +0000

A rise in demand for passenger to freighter aircraft conversions has seen Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) establish a conversion site for Boeing 767-300 passenger aircraft in Ethiopia, after a new memorandum of understanding was signed with Ethiopian Airlines. The new passenger-to-freighter conversion center, will operate from the company’s maintenance center in Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia and joins [...]

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