TAM and Jet Midwest to offer FAA and EASA approved Saab 340A/B cargo conversion

Täby Air Maintenance, TAM, has been approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, as well as the European Aviation Safety Authority, EASA, to perform a full cargo conversion of Saab 340A and Saab 340B. “I am very glad that we, as the only company globally, have a dual EASA-FAA approval for our high-end Saab 340A and Saab 340B cargo conversion program, says Pär Gulle, TAM Managing Director. We are now able to offer any US or European operator a first class conversion program, providing a highly cost effective way to convert this well-renowned, fuel efficient passenger aircraft into a profitable freighter capable of carrying 36 m3 (1,280 cu ft) of cargo.” With dozens of Saab 340A’s and -B’s already converted, the successful conversion package is now being offered for the US market in a joint venture with Kansas city-based Jet Midwest Group. Conversion rebuild of the first US-destined aircraft is well under way at the TAM workshops in Örebro, with delivery scheduled for 2016.