Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is pleased to announce the company has signed a contract with Kalitta Charters to provide the company with its second 11 pallet position B737-400SF freighter conversion. The aircraft built in 1989 (MSN 24271) is high gross weight and is being modified at Commercial Jet’s Miami, FL facility. The freighter will be re-delivered to Kalitta in June of 2016.

The AEI B737-400SF is the only passenger to freighter conversion product that offers operators ten full height 88” x 125” container positions. This unique capability is achievable due to AEI’s Main Deck Cargo Door location which is approximately 40” further back than the competition. The additional container position increases AEI’s volumetric carrying capability by 10% which places the freighter in a class by itself.

AEI’s B737-400SF shall provide Kalitta with a highly flexible Ancra CLS capable of carrying multiple ULD’s including:
(10) 88”x125” ULDs in P1 to P10 or
(10) 96”x125” in P1 to P10 and
(1) 53”x88”x64” Pallet or AEP/AEH or 60.4”x61.5” AKE/LD3 or 61.5”x88”x56”H AYY in P11

This unique flexibility has been designed by AEI to allow cargo operators to immediately adapt to multiple ULD configurations at a moment’s notice. When combined with proven reliability, the AEI Converted B737-400SF will allow Kalitta to keep their aircraft – “In the air, generating revenue”.