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Tokyo-based All Nippon Airways (ANA)
is to launch the 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) program, with a firm agreement for three passenger to freighter
conversions with options for an additional four conversions.
The three Boeing Converted Freighters will be redelivered to ANA between December 2007 and October 2008.
"Our great experience with the Boeing 767 is very important in our selection of the 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter," said Mineo Yamamoto, president and CEO – All
Nippon Airways. "The projected growth of Asian cargo traffic provides an outstanding opportunity for us, and this new model will be very important in the development
of our cargo operation and in our new joint venture with Japan Post."
For the conversion to freighter configuration, a 767-300 passenger airplane receives major modifications on its main deck such as a side cargo door and surround
structure, floor beams and struts, floor panels and freighter tracks as provisions for a buyer-furnished cargo handling system, and wall and ceiling liners.
It is planned that the 767-300 ER-based freighter will have virtually the same cargo capability as the production freighter with up to 54 tonnes structural payload at a
range of approximately 3200 nautical miles (5930 kilometers) at 412,000 pounds (187,270 kilograms) maximum takeoff weight. There are 24 pallet positions on the main
deck.
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