Mammoth Freighters, which was founded in Fort Worth (Texas) in December 2020 to undertake passenger to freighter conversions, recently announced that it has inducted the first 777-200LR at
STS Aviation Services’ UK facility in Manchester and that it has already commenced the passenger-to-freighter conversion on the aircraft (MSN 32222).
Mammoth said the STS agreement is strategic for several reasons, including that Manchester provides a convenient location that can easily serve greater Europe and will provide a central product support base for ‘Mammoth customers in that world region’.
Brian McCarthy, Mammoth’s vice president of marketing and sales, said: “STS in Manchester has a highly skilled and available workforce in the UK. Furthermore, STS offers substantial hangar facilities and services which makes them a perfect provider for a double production line of Mammoth 777-200LRMF and 777-300ERMF conversions.”
Mammoth also announced that it had received the first delivery of the specialised 777- 200LRMF Collins Aerospace cargo-loading system. Currently, Mammoth has two 777 aircraft in advanced stages of freighter conversion at Mammoth’s modification partner facility, Aspire MRO, based in Fort Worth, Texas. Mammoth expects that the installation of the first cargo loading system will be completed in September, and that the conversion programme will progress to the final stages of the certification process.
STS Aviation Services operates aircraft maintenance facilities in Melbourne, Florida (USA), and UK facilities in Manchester, Birmingham and Newquay.