Vallair, the mature asset specialist, unveils the first ever E Class widebody freighter conversion capability at its brand new state-of-the-art mega hangar in Châteauroux, France. Designed to bridge the gap while operators currently wait five years or more for full freighter conversion slots, this...

Vallair, the multi-faceted aviation business dedicated to the support of airlines and lessors, has opened the doors to its unique new maintenance hangar located at Marcel Dassault Airport in Châteauroux, France. The enormous state-of-the-art facility can accommodate up to five A321 size aircraft...

Vallair, the mature aircraft asset specialist dedicated to the support of both operators and lessors, and launch customer of the A321 freighter conversion (A321F), has delivered its third Airbus A321 freighter. This aircraft follows two Airbus A321Fs already delivered by Vallair that are presen...

Vallair, the mature aircraft asset and cargo conversion specialist dedicated to the support of both operators and lessors, has delivered its second Airbus A321 freighter conversion. This is the first ever A321F to be operated by a European based carrier.  Having received its STC from the F...

Vallair, the mature aircraft asset specialist dedicated to the support of operators and lessors, has appointed Maxime Gorsse as Director of Investor Relations & Project Financing. Based in Luxembourg, Gorsse will be advising Vallair on all capital expenditure decisions as well as sourcing an...

By Edward Robertson Vallair has strengthened its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) team with the appointment of Armando Filho as director of material management. Following the move, Filho will be responsible for its component support division complementing the activities of the teardown ...

Vallair, the multi-faceted aviation business has placed its final B737-400 freighter with Malaysian start-up operator, M Jets. The B737-400 is a legacy product for Vallair and the Company will now focus its future freighter conversion programmes on A321, B737NG and ATR variants. The aircraft, M...

Vallair,  the multi-faceted aviation business dedicated to the support of aircraft operators and lessors, has signed an LoI (Letter of Intent) with The Centre-Val de Loire Region and The Châteauroux Centre Airport Establishment.  The LoI will see Vallair awarded a ten-year lease for a state-...

Vallair, the multi-faceted aviation business and launch customer of the Airbus A321 freighter, is pioneering the first passenger to freighter conversions to be undertaken in China.  “We are excited to be embarking on the next phase of our A321 passenger to freighter conversion activity” says G...

ST Engineering, Airbus and their joint venture, Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) achieved a key milestone in their joint A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme in September this year with the re-delivery of the ‘head of version’ to launch customer, Vallair. The A321 converted freighter,...

VALLAIR,the mature aircraft and asset specialist, and launch lessor for the Airbus A321 freighter conversion (A321F), has signed an LoI (Letter of Intent) with US based Global Crossing Airlines Inc. (GlobalX) to lease ten converted A321 freighter aircraft in the most significant deal in the history...

VALLAIR,the mature aircraft and asset specialist, and launch customer for the A321 freighter conversion (A321F), has signed an agreement with SmartLynx to lease two newly converted A321-200 freighters. The aircraft will be the first cargo planes to be operated by SmartLynx.  Vallair has bee...

The first flight test for the prototype unit, which is to be redelivered to launch customer Vallair, was successfully carried out on 22 January this year after undergoing conversion at ST Engineering’s facility in Singapore. The next milestone that follows the completion of flight tests will be t...

Vallair,the mature aircraft and asset specialist, has seen its prototype A321P2F (MSN835) aircraft take off in Singapore. The inaugural flight forms part of the certification process to reach conversion Approval status. Vallair has placed this first A321P2F (Passenger to Freighter) aircraft convers...

Qantas has signed a letter of intent with Vallair to lease an Airbus A321P2F (passenger-to-freighter) conversion aircraft to service its recently announced alliance with Australia Post. This A321P2F will be operated by Qantas Freight on behalf of Australia Post. Qantas will be the first airl...