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Conversion
of Airbus passenger aircraft into freighters
Air freight services - a market of the future
Airfreight will represent an increasing part of global freight transport services: In the next two decades, the average annual growth of world wide air freight is forecasted with 6%. The world freighter fleet is predicted to more than double as air freight will more than triple. More than 3,000 additional freighters will be needed to accommodate traffic growth and to allow fleet renewal - three quarters of this demand will be satisfied by the conversion of mid-life passenger aircraft. The conversion of passenger aircraft into freighters offers an economic alternative to the purchase of new freighter aircraft.
Within EADS, EFW (Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH) is the centre of competence for the conversion of Airbus passenger aircraft into freighters. Since mid-1996, Airbus A300 and A310 aircraft have been converted into freighters at EFW in accordance with a concept developed by the former DaimlerChrysler Aerospace Airbus GmbH, now Airbus Deutschland GmbH. Today, EADS EFW is the market leader in this segment.
