News / Broken supply chains mean no quick take-offs for freighter conversions

Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) conversion programme for Boeing 777s is behind schedule.

The company recently revealed it delayed test flights of the first 777 freighter off its conversion line until next year, and some observers now reckon it could be February before the aircraft takes off.

IAI is not the only aerospace company behind schedule with its conversion programme. Elbe Flugzeugwerke, the joint-venture of Airbus and ST Aerospace for Airbus passenger-to-freighter conversions, revealed in October it would miss its target of turning ...