Airbus Pulls Trigger with ST Aerospace on A330P2F Conversions
Airbus launched the A330P2F passenger-to-freighter conversion in Singapore.
Airubs expects the first A330-300P2F to enter service in 2016. (Photo: Airbus)
Airubs expects the first A330-300P2F to enter service in 2016. (Photo: Airbus)

The A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) will finally become reality under a contract signed at the Singapore Air Show among Airbus, Singapore’s ST Aerospace and EADS Elbe Flugzeugwerke Dresden (EFW). The MOU, signed by Airbus CEO Tom Enders, ST Aerospace president Chang Cheow Teck and EADS EFW chief executive Andreas Sperl in the presence of Stanislaw Tillich, prime minister of the German state of Saxony, calls for the first A330-300P2F to enter service in 2016, followed by a version based on the A330-200 a year later. Working with Airbus and EADS EFW, ST Aerospace will lead the A330P2F engineering development in Singapore. EADS EFW will subsequently serve as program lead during the industrial phase and undertake most of the conversions at its facilities in Dresden.