The company has announced plans to add three conversion lines for its 737-800BCF across North America and Europe.
These are facilities that convert aircraft to freighters and they'll be located at KF Aerospace in Canada and London Gatwick.. Ihssane Mounir, senior vice president of commercial sales and marketing at Boeing, told Reuters Saturday that it was "in pretty advanced discussions with a number of customers."A worker checks cargo in the hold of a Boeing Co 777-300ER passenger plane, operated by Air France-KLM, before departure to Los Angeles, U.S.
Many airlines have seen robust volumes for cargo amid the pandemic. Indeed, Emirates Airline's latest half-year earnings reported a 39% increase in cargo volumes, bringing them almost to 2019 levels.More broadly, Deal added on Sunday that Boeing was expecting more orders before the year end. "Well we've had a good year so far. We've booked about 309 new orders net this year, 720 gross. That's a pretty good start. And those discussions are continuing at this air show. It's not over, we expect more orders before the year end. And that will position well into 2022," he said. Boeing had booked orders above 700
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