ST Aerospace JV wins conversion contract for 10 A321 aircraft

Singapore

ELBE Flugzeugwerke (EFW) - a joint venture between ST Aerospace and Airbus - has landed a contract from Europe-based Vallair Solutions Sàrl (Vallair) to convert 10 A321-200 passenger aircraft to 14-pallet freighters.

The first aircraft will be sent to EFW's facility in Dresden, Germany, in the last quarter of 2018 and is scheduled for redelivery by the end of 2019. The companies did not reveal a value for the deal, which is EFW's first passenger-to-freighter (P2F) win for the A321 family.