China’s GAMECO has marked the inauguration of its first B737-800 P2F (passenger to freighter) conversion.
A passenger aircraft in the livery of Aeromexico was towed into the hangar of the Guangzhou-based conversion company.
On its website, GAMECO stated: “Nowadays, under the pandemic prevention and control activities going on around the world, a serious shortage of capacity has been exposed in the air cargo market.
“With a surge in demands for all freighters, the opening of GAMECO PTF production line can meet the increasing air cargo transportation demands home and abroad as well as contribute to the capacity expansion of global air cargo market.
“It is the first time for GAMECO to carry out the PTF conversion on a B737-800, a leap of GAMECO’s maintenance capacity and a solid step forward to become a top-class MRO in the world.”
It is reported that the second B737-800 PTF conversion production line will be put into production in the second half of this year.
