Aircraft
China's Haite MRO Joins A321 Freighter Conversion Network
Under an agreement with Elbe Flugzeugwerke, the first A321 passenger-to-freighter conversion project will start at the Tianjin facility later this year.
An Airbus A321P2F aircraft during a test flight.
Elbe Flugzeugwerke and partners convert A321 passenger airliners to freighters. (Image: EFW)

Freighter conversion and maintenance specialist Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) has appointed its fourth partner for the A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) program. On Wednesday, the Dresden, Germany-based company signed a letter of intent with Sichuan Haite Hi-Tech (Haite) under which the Chinese group will convert the Airbus narrowbodies at its Tianjin facility.

Haite will be EFW’s first third-party conversion center. In partnership with Singapore’s ST Engineering, it operates facilities in San Antonio and in Guangzhou, China. P2F conversions are also available at Airbus’s facilities in Germany and Singapore.