Jet Midwest partners with Phoenix Aerosolutions on Fokker F100 Freighter conversion

Kansas City based Jet Midwest and MRO Jet Midwest Technik have partnered with Phoenix Aerosolutions on a program to convert Fokker 100s to 14,000 kg freighter aircraft. A former Air France F.100 was acquired earlier in the year for design and the program is now well underway and the cargo door opening is on target to be cut in early September with certification to occur in early 2012. The program was conceived by Phoenix Aerosolutions founder and engineer Stan Mounce to achieve an aircraft capable of bridging the cargo gap between turbo-prop and larger 727 or 737 aircraft. ” The very low cost of operation, modern cockpit and the current age of the global fleet of 179 Fokker F.100 aircraft, make it an ideal candidate aircraft for cargo conversion” says Stan Mounce. The conversion will allow up to 11 LD-3 or 14 LD-2 containers. The work will be performed at Kansas City based MRO Jet Midwest Technik and has a projected price of between $1.4 million-$1.6 million.