Quick overview of the standard passenger-to-freighter conversions

The best practice is to perform heavy maintenance checks (for instance, D-Check) in parallel to the freighter conversion process to minimize expenses & time for access and other defect rectification.

Normally, a standard P2F kit fits up to 80-90% of the final conversion scope of work. For the rest, each individual aircraft requires aircraft-specific adaptations to the standard design.

The standard passenger-to-freighter conversions include:

·        the stripping of the whole passenger equipment & items such as pax seats, lavatories, galleys, floor panels, overhead bins, ceiling & sidewalls, emergency equipment

·        the original passenger floor structure may be replaced by stronger cross beams and/or be partially reinforced

·        the main cargo door cut-out and installation of the new reinforced door-surround structure

·        the window plugs installation

·        the deactivated doors & emergency exits

·        the installation of a Rigid Cargo Barrier (RCB) that may incorporate a sliding door to allow access to the main deck cargo compartment

NOTE: RCB is located at the most forward position possible, between the 1 L/R doors

·        the cockpit door may also be removed, allowing the creation of a merged cockpit + courier area, referred to as the “Extended Flight Deck”

·        the revised hydraulic, fire protection, and lighting systems

·        the simplified air distribution and water & waste system

·        the cockpit computer upgrades

·        the installation of cargo items such as cargo sidewalls and floor panels, cargo loading systems such as Ancra or Telair, etc

·        the P2F process itself does not require any Weight Variants (WV) change, WV upgrades/downgrades can be performed at customers’ request

·        the extensive ground testing procedure which includes electric power-on, hydraulic power-on, testing of the flight controls, landing gear swing, and an engine run

NOTE: Please note that there is no actual flight-testing requirement

·        the re-delivery aircraft  weighing

·        the extensive set of supplemental documentation is to be issued

Once all these have been successfully done and tests are passed, the aircraft can be released to service.