BBAM orders another 12 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters

US aircraft lessor BBAM Limited Partnership has ordered another 12 Boeing 737-800 converted freighters, throwing further momentum behind the conversion programme at a time of heightened air cargo demand. Including orders and commitments, BBAM now holds agreements to acquire 31 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCFs), pushing Boeing’s total backlog of the type (including orders and commitments) to more than 200, Boeing says on 14 July. With the agreement, San Francisco-based BBAM will be the first customer to have a 737-800BCF converted at Costa Rican MRO shop Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Aeroindustriales (Coopesa). In May, Boeing said Coopesa would be the newest of its 737 conversions shops, adding to three Chinese sites: GAMECO in Guangzhou, Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services, and Taikoo (Shandong) Aircraft Engineering Company (STAECO) in Jinan.<br/>