StandardAero has delivered Alpine Air PT6A-67D support for its super freighter program.
Developed through a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) program by well-known scheduled air cargo services provider Alpine Air, the super freighter converts the Beech 1900D into a highly capable cargo aircraft with a 40% capacity increase over the established 1900C freighter.
Alpine Air secured STC certification of the super freighter in October 2018, and the aircraft is now in operation in support of Alpine Air’s client base, which includes the United Parcel Service (UPS) and the US Postal Service (USPS).
Commenting on the super freighter program, Michael Dancy, President/CEO & co-owner of Alpine Air Express, said: “We at Alpine Air are extremely excited to have completed the STC development. It took us nearly five years with many thousands of drawings and many thousands of man hours to complete. We believe this development will benefit the small feeder cargo industry for decades. There are several hundred Beech 1900Ds which are moving out of passenger service, and now we will be able to convert those aircraft into fully functional cargo carriers.”