Allied Air receives first African-owned 737-800SF

[caption id="attachment_414725" align="alignright" width="500"] Allied Air’s first 737-800SF features an updated livery. (Photo: AEI)[/caption] Nigeria-based Allied Air has taken redelivery of its first 737-800SF [ FAT 005658 ]. The aircraft (36846, ex-Jet Airways), converted by Aeronautical Engineers Inc. ( AEI ), was manufactured in 2007 and is the youngest 737NG to have been converted to date. Unit 36846 was inducted for conversion at the Commercial Jet facility in Miami (MIA) in March. After completion it was flown to the Commercial Jet facility in Dothan (DHN) in September to be painted. Allied Air flies intra-African routes on behalf of DHL, among others. The carrier, which announced an order with AEI in March for two firm 737-800SF conversions and two options, already has three 737-400SFs, although one (24529) appears not to have flown since the end of September. Allied Air is the first African airline to own a 737NG freighter. In 2019, Ethiopian Airlines became the first African operator of the type, with two aircraft (29121 and 32613) on lease from GECAS . AEI has three 737-800 conversions in progress: Unit 29916 (ex-AnadoluJet), which arrived in July and will be redelivered to BlackRock , is the first 737-800SF to be converted at the Taikoo (Shandong) Aircraft Engineering Company ( STAECO ) facility in Jinan (TNA); unit 30501 (ex-Shenzhen Airlines), also for BlackRock, was ferried to MIA in late July; and unit 32903 (ex-Pegasus), the first for GA Telesis, was ferried to MIA in late August. AEI will begin -800 conversions at the Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO Xiamen), its fifth conversion center , in January 2021, with the induction of 29040 (ex-Ukraine International Airlines) for BlackRock. After unit 36846, the next-youngest 737NG conversion is currently unit 32608 (ex-China Xinhua Airlines), a 2006-vintage 737-800BCF that Amazon is leasing from GECAS for CMI operation with Southern Air . While Cargo Facts Symposium 2020 will be presented as a virtual event, the unparalleled networking and continuing education opportunities remain, with the best and brightest minds addressing the most pressing industry issues for air cargo — including those around COVID-19. To register and for more information, visit www.cargofactssymposium.com .

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