ASL to take 10 more 737-800BCFs

ASL Aviation Holdings has exercised all the options it previously held with Boeing for additional 737-800BCF conversions. Under an agreement signed with Boeing at the Paris Air Show in June 2019 for ten firm conversions , ASL had rights to ten more conversions. The carrier group confirmed to Cargo Facts that it had taken one option early and has firmed up the remaining nine [FATs 005964-5973]. [caption id="attachment_415398" align="alignright" width="560"] Unit 33641 is now in service with ASL Airlines France. (Photo/ASL Aviation Holdings)[/caption] Chief Executive Dave Andrew said in a release that the group had decided to take up all ten options sooner than originally planned. ASL told Cargo Facts that the -800BCFs — most of which will be assigned to the group’s Irish, Belgian and French airlines — are scheduled to be delivered through 2023, and will be used for both growth and replacement purposes as the group looks to reduce its emissions while growing its operations. ASL took redelivery of its first 737-800BCF (33641, ex-Pegasus) under the 2019 deal in November 2020, placed it with ASL Airlines France and put it into service in December. The second 737 (33596, ex-Ryanair) arrived in Jinan (TNA) in October 2020 for conversion at the Taikoo (Shandong) Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd. (STAECO) facility. The aircraft will be redelivered this month and is slated to join K-Mile Air, ASL’s Thailand-based affiliate, which will operate the 737 on an ACMI basis for DHL Express . ASL also has four additional ex-Ryanair 737-800s in various stages of conversion in China: units 34178, 33603 and 33604, which arrived at TNA in November, December and January, respectively, and unit 33623, which kicked off the second conversion line at the Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company Ltd. (GAMECO) facility in Guangzhou (CAN) earlier this month. Another two aircraft are due for induction in the coming weeks, according to ASL. Cargo Facts believes one of those will be unit 33595, acquired this month. ASL first started 737-800BCF operations in 2018, when ASL Airlines Belgium began flying two GECAS-leased units (32580 and 32610) on an ACMI basis for FedEx Express. Last year, ASL Airlines Ireland also started operating two GECAS-leased units (29938 and 33544) on a CMI basis for Amazon . Cargo Facts Asia, taking place April 20-21 as a virtual experience, is the event for exploring opportunity in the Asia-Pacific region. The event continues to bring together the best, brightest, and most innovative executives in the global air cargo industry. Learn more and register at www.cargofactsasia.com .

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