AerSale orders six Boeing 757-200PCF freighter conversions from Precision

AerSale Boeing 757-200

Aircraft lessor AerSale orders six additional Boeing 757-200PCF freighter conversions from Precision. The deal includes four options and brings AerSales total number of commitments with Precision to 16.

AerSale began converting its first 757-200PCF in January 2021, and the sixth unit will be inducted this month.

Later this year, AerSale will begin inducting additional 757-200 conversions in HAECO Xiamen. Precision recently announced that it would expand its conversion capacity through a deal with HAECO Xiamen.

Gary Warner, president of Precision Aircraft Solutions, said: “Precision is pleased to work with AerSale for these additional 757-200PCF conversions. We value the ongoing business from AerSale, and the 757-200PCF continues to be a reliable and efficient workhorse for e-commerce and general cargo customers.

“Precision has substantially increased production capacity for both A321 and 757 conversion programmes to meet the unprecedented demand.”

In 2020, AerSales entered into a a purchase agreement to acquire 24 Boeing 757-200 passenger aircraft that it will convert into freighters.

The 757-200PCF is a passenger to freighter conversion, developed by Precision Conversions and certificated in 2005. Reported in 2019 to cost $5 million per aircraft and similar to the SF it has 15 pallet positions.

External differences include the removal of the forward passenger style doors and their replacement with a 757-200PF style small crew door. Internally the main cargo door is not integrated with the base aircraft hydraulic and warning systems and instead operates from a self-contained hydraulic system though powered by the aircraft electrics.

By early 2020 a total of 120 757-200PCFs had been delivered.