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The A320 freighters are coming!

David Harris by David Harris
January 26, 2015
in Freighter Conversions, News Archives, Strategy
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PacAvi Group inducted its first Airbus A320 aircraft for conversion to freighter configuration at the HAITEC facility at Frankfurt Hahn Airport (HHN).

A320FreighterLITE Render1German-American aviation company PacAvi launched its A320 Family P-to-F conversion program in September last year, and provided a more detailed look at the program a few weeks later at the Cargo Facts Aircraft Symposium in Miami. But while the company provided plenty of detail about its intentions, the question on most observers’ minds was “When will intentions turn into actions?”

The answer came today, with the announcement that German MRO HAITEC had begun conversion of PacAvi’s first A320. The aircraft, msn 293, was originally delivered to Air Malta in 1992, and most recently operated by Hermes Airlines, but is now carrying US registration N320AB.

Another big question, about any new P-to-F program, is “who will order this conversion?” Cargo Facts believes at least one customer has placed a firm order, and senior executives from PacAvi have confirmed that the company “will begin to announce customers shortly.”

Of course, PacAvi isn’t the only player in the A320 conversion game.  In 2007 Airbus itself launched an A320/A321 passenger-to-freighter conversion program in partnership with Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW, the MRO and conversion arm of Airbus parent EADS) and Russian companies IRKUT, and its parent, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). The program got a big boost in 2008, when AerCap became the launch customer, with a 30-unit order. But three years later, in June 2011, Airbus and its partners announced a decision to “stop and freeze” the program and dissolve the partnership.

With PacAvi’s first aircraft now in conversion, and a launch customer announcement just around the corner, Cargo Facts expects a response from Airbus/EFW. Whether this will take the form of some kind of cooperation, or the launch of a competing program, or both, remains to be seen – stay tuned on this one.

The basic PacAvi A320 P-to-F conversion includes the following:

  • 121-inch electrically operated main-deck cargo door, located forward of the wing and opening to 72°
  • Main-deck manual cargo-loading system
  • Class E cargo compartment with safety barrier net/smoke curtain
  • Ten 88 x 125-inch main-deck pallet positions, plus an eleventh half-pallet position, or nine 96 x 125-inch pallet positions
  • Lower-deck capacity for seven LD3-45W containers, plus bulk cargo
  • Maximum structural payload will be up to about 21 tonnes, depending on options chosen
Tags: A320FAir Cargo StrategyAirbusEFWFreighter conversionPacAvipassenger freighter
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  1. Colin R Coleman says:
    7 years ago

    (1) What is the ‘sticker price’ of an A320 P2F conversion?

    (2) What are the minimum certified flying hours?

    (3) Will the A320 P2F be an 8g or 16 g EASA certified aircraft?

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