Vallair has signed a contract with Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) for three 11 pallet position Boeing 737-400SF freighter conversions, to be delivered this year.

AEI will start modifying the first aircraft in March, with the other two following in June and September, with the work taking place at Commercial Jet’s Dothan, Alabama facility.

The 737-400SF offers 10 full height 88×125” container positions and its main deck cargo door is 40” further back than the competition, and AEI says the additional container position increases volumetric carrying capabilities by 10 per cent.

Vallair is a Franco-Luxembourgish aviation group with its sales and administrative office in Luxembourg, operations facility in Chateauroux and MRO and paint division in Montpellier and Toulouse.