the airíne Australian Qantas startó regular flights with the first Airbus A321 converted from passengers to now be a freighter. Foto prensa Vallair.
The first Airbus A321P2F from Qantas operateá in alliance with Australia Post a total of three aircraft of this model that will be incorporatedán to the exclusive cargo fleet of the airlineínea, that alsoén operates Boeing 737-300F aircraft.
With the A321 freighters, Qantas sums upá near 9 tons of additional cargo to your service offering, what will allow youá expand alsoén their capabilities, and at the same time alsoén, giving a second life to the Airbus A321 in its versionón clásica.
The first Airbus A321 matrícula VH-ULD y núMSN serial grouper 835 oper world freighteró previamente para British Midland Airways – BMI since May 1998, Onur Air 2011 until it arrivedó to the Vallair company in 2018.
With the company Vallair startó the conversion processón of the first A321 clásico in verseóload no., what startó the program to give a second chance to an airplaneón thinking of transporting a tall núpassenger grouper, but with an autonomyía and paid freight somewhat limited, something that changed with the A321neoó.
Thanks to the Vallair company, which has facilities specialized in general maintenance, conversions from airplanes to freighters, airplane recycling, leasing and sale of aircraft, morores and other services in Germany and Singapore
“The A321 is the future of freighter conversions ”, dice Gregoire Lebigot, CEO of Vallair. “This freighter variant is not only better for the environment due to its reducedón of the 20% in fuel consumption, but offers improved performance across the entire range, load úuseful and the volume with a capacity úsingle for fourteen container positions on the upper deck and ten más in containers. bottom cargo cover. Thanks to its technologyía fly by wire, the A321 is más advanced and the avión todavía isá in productionón “.
It's avión has the certificationón of the European Aviation Safety Agencyón – EASA and alsoén from the Aeron AuthorityáFederal Utica of the United States – FAA since last July, so demand expectations are high, con más de 1.500 planes that dutyán be converted to freighters in the prówe moan 10 años.
How profitable would it be to convert an A321 NEO to a freighter??
On the one hand, a waste
But on the other hand, it would be a freighter capable of traveling long distances and an accessible size..
I wouldn't know about the profitability of converting it., Imagine that an A321neo is expensive and you add the conversion cost, it would be very high. Conversions occur with older aircraft, given lower purchase or lease costs.