Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), center of excellence for Airbus Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversions, has commenced operation at its new third-party freighter conversion site in Istanbul, Turkey, after its first A330P2F was inducted as scheduled in October.
This new Istanbul site is set up in collaboration with Turkish Technic, a leading MRO company certified around the world as Part 145 and Part 21 J&G organization.
“We are glad to get Turkish Technic on board, which has deep experience in maintaining Airbus aircraft,” says Jordi Boto, CEO of EFW. “By working with partners which have strong structural skills and operational excellence, we will ensure meeting our customer commitments in a robust manner.” he added.
EFW and Turkish Technic revealed their collaboration project on the A330P2F program in October 2022, with the MRO arm of Turkish Airlines effectively becoming the first third-party company to work on the A330P2F. Airbus A330s are already being converted at EFW’s historic site in Dresden, but also in China at Shanghai Technologies Aerospace Company (STARCO) in Shanghai Hongqiao, a subsidiary of ST Engineering, as well as at Mobile Aerospace Engineering (MAE), another ST Engineering subsidiary based in Mobile (Alabama).
The A330P2Fs will also soon have a new conversion line with Ameco in Chengdu (China). With Turkish Technic in Istanbul, EFW also has a total of 9 operational conversion sites around the world for all its P2F programs (A330P2F, A321P2F and A320P2F).
