Aircraft
Covid-19 Spurs Boom in P2F Conversions
More and more passenger airliners have undergone conversion to freighter aircraft in response to the acute air cargo capacity crunch.
Technicians at Israel Aerospace Industries work on a Boeing 737-800 passenger-to-freighter conversion. (Photo: IAI)
Technicians at Israel Aerospace Industries work on a Boeing 737-800 passenger-to-freighter conversion. (Photo: IAI)

What would seem unthinkable a couple of years ago is now a sheer reality: An air cargo capacity crunch due to a perfect storm of increased demand and a sharp fall in supply has led to a boom in passenger-to-freighter conversions.