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IAI to Launch Boeing 777 Conversions in Abu Dhabi in July
This year's projection of about 200 conversions industrywide appears likely to mark a record.
IAI cargo-converted B777
The first IAI cargo-converted B777-300ER takes off from Tel Aviv. (Photo: IAI)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) expects to open its new Abu Dhabi passenger-to-freighter conversion (P2F) facility in the second half of this year. The facility could convert up to 100 Boeing 777-300ERSFs, IAI Aviation Group v-p and general manager Shmuel Kuzi said on the eve of the Paris Airshow.             

“We’re going to get the supplemental type certificate [STC] in the third quarter,” he told AIN. “They will start work around June or the beginning of July.”