AviaAM has signed a conversion sales agreement for six 777-300ERMF freighters with Mammoth Freighters, thus becoming the launch customer of the 777-300ERMF aircraft.
With this order, Mammoth has a total of 29 firm orders for the 777 freighter conversions from several customers with another 12 777-300ER freighter conversions in the advanced stages of commitment.
Bill Tarpley, Co-CEO, of Mammoth Freighters, said: “We are excited that AviaAM has selected Mammoth and will be the launch customer for the 777-300ERMF. As AviaAM expands its strategic focus in the cargo sector, the superior widebody operating economics of the Mammoth 777-300ERMF will perfectly complement their growing fleet of next-generation freighters.”
Tadas Goberis, the Chairman and CEO of AviaAM Leasing, said: “We are pleased to begin collaborating with Mammoth, a Boeing Licensee for the Boeing 777-300ER passenger to freighter conversions. With a deeply experienced leadership team, state-of-the-art P2F conversion facilities, and a flexible attitude, I trust together we will meet the demand for wide-body converted freighters to replace aging ones and accommodate future growth across our group airlines’ fleet. Our new partnership exemplifies AviaAM‘s strategic effort to expand our presence in the air cargo market, further strengthening our position as reliable and world-class leasing and trading services provider.”
Mammoth Co-CEO Bill Wagner said: “The Mammoth 777-300ERMF is a fuel efficient, high-volume, heaving lifting, a long-range freighter that will reliably serve the global air cargo market for decades to come. We are grateful to partner with AviaAM and look forward to supporting their fleet growth initiatives with Mammoth 777-300ERMF freighters.”
Mammoth says that the converted aircraft can carry 99 tons of cargo on transatlantic routes and is expected to serve EU-USA or China-EU trunk routes.
The first conversion will start in 2023 at the Aspire MRO’s facility at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas.