GA Telesis moves into 737NG freighter market

[caption id="attachment_414323" align="alignright" width="460"] Unit 32903 had been in service with Turkey-based Pegasus until mid-January. (Photo: Pegasus)[/caption] [Edited to add commentary from GA Telesis.] Florida-headquartered GA Telesis has placed an order for one 737-800SF conversion with Aeronautical Engineers Inc. ( AEI ), with an option for a second aircraft [FATs 005533-005534]. According to GA Telesis and AEI, the first aircraft to be converted (32903) will be inducted in August and is expected to be completed in December 2020. Unit 32903 was previously in service with Turkey-based Pegasus, but appears to have been withdrawn mid-January and was ferried to St. Athan, Wales (DGX) for storage in early February. GA Telesis confirmed to Cargo Facts it will exercise the additional option within the next few weeks. The second aircraft, which has not yet been identified, will be inducted in early 2021 and be redelivered in May. Both conversions will be carried out at the Commercial Jet facility in Miami (MIA). GA Telesis told Cargo Facts it has “a number of interested parties” lined up for unit 32903, and is “streamlining the negotiations to a smaller group.” The decision to convert 737-800 aircraft had mostly been made before the pandemic, but was accelerated once passenger demand was obviously taking a turn for the worse. GA Telesis is the second lessor to expand into 737NG conversions in recent weeks, after Aircraft Finance Germany (AFG) ordered two 737-800BCF conversions with Boeing . The company, which provided feedstock for A300 and 747-400 conversions ten years ago, also told Cargo Facts it plans to convert more aircraft beyond the initial two 737-800s, and that it is evaluating investment opportunities in the medium-widebody freighter market. Monaco-based Stratos recently became the first known lessor to step into the A330 conversion market , prompted by the pandemic.

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