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IAI’s Bedek Reaches Agreement with Boeing Over Conversions
IAI’s Bedek division anticipates a recovery in demand for converting Boeing 767 passenger airliners into freighters. (Photo: Israel Aerospace Industries)
IAI’s Bedek division anticipates a recovery in demand for converting Boeing 767 passenger airliners into freighters. (Photo: Israel Aerospace Industries)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed a licensing agreement with Boeing covering modifications of 767 and 747 airliners by its Bedek Aircraft Group division. The agreement, announced on October 15, means that Boeing will provide support for aircraft converted by Bedek without charging operators an annual fee, ending a policy introduced by the U.S. airframer in 2009. It will cover 72 of Bedek’s earlier BDSF767-200/300 modifications and 29 BDSF747-400s–most of which involve passenger-to-freighter conversions–as well as all future projects. BDSF is Bedek’s own designation for the Boeing aircraft that it converts.