ST Engineering’s A321P2F conversion solution gains traction with letter of intent

ST Engineering’s A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme has secured a Letter of Intent (LOI) for an A321 converted freighter from lease management specialists BBAM. The A321 passenger aircraft will be inducted for conversion into a 14-pallet cargo configuration in mid-2020, and is scheduled for redelivery in end 2020. The order by BBAM follows a launch contract that was announced in 2018. The A321 P2F conversion programme was launched in 2015 together with the A320 P2F programme, and is the result of a collaboration between ST Engineering, Airbus and EFW. ST Engineering is responsible for the engineering development phase, up to