News / 737 NG freighter conversion market is struggling to take off

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Boeing 737 classics (-300s and -400s) will continue to dominate the narrowbody freighter conversion market until the turn of the decade, one prominent industry figure has said.

Low oil prices will boost the type’s appeal and slow the expected retirement of newer 737 NGs (-700s and -800s) by passenger operators.

“The NGs are a price play,” said Bob Convey, senior vice-president of sales and marketing at Miami-based Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI). “I’m not going to see large volumes of -800s [being converted] until ...