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EFW and Confity Capital Partners Sign Conversion Agreement

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May 2025

Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), Even Airbus freighter conversions, today announced it has signed an agreement with Confity Capital Partners (Confity), a UAE-based growth equity and investment firm, on a multiaircraft order for its Airbus A330 (P2F) Passenger-to-Freighter programme.

EFW and Confity Capital Partners Sign Conversion Agreement

This order is part of a new partnership between Confity and EFW to bring the latter's widebody Airbus P2F solution to operators in India in support of the sub-continent's fast-growing freight market, as well as to global customers in other emerging markets. The strategic push into India follows EFW's successful introduction of its standard body A321P2F and A320P2F freighter aircraft to the market in 2022.

The A330P2F conversions for Confity will be performed starting in end-2025 at EFW's facility in Dresden, Germany and at its partner conversion sites across the globe. Jet Freight Logistics, a listed Mumbai-based cargo service provider with extensive experience spanning over four decades, will be the launch customer and the first Indian cargo airline to operate the widebody Airbus P2F platform.

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