AEI launches conversion program for Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 aircraft

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has formally launched a Passenger to Freighter Conversion Program for Bombardier’s CRJ100 and CRJ200 aircraft. The program has been studied for over a year and the aircraft will be marketed as CRJ100 and CRJ200 Special Freighter (SF) aircraft. The program development costs are being fully funded by AEI. The modification touch labor will be performed at AEI’s leading Authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet, which is located at the Miami International Airport. In connection with the launch of the CRJ100 and CRJ200 SF aircraft program, AEI has become a Bombardier licensed Third Party Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) Provider and plans to make the conversion available to its worldwide network of Authorized Conversion Centers upon issuance of the STC by the FAA. AEI expects the initial certification to take two years and plans to certify the program with the FAA, Transport Canada, EASA, CAAC and Russian authorities.