Israel Aerospace Industries

IAI converted A330-300 Freighter Completes Maiden Flight

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has completed the maiden flight of its Airbus A330-300 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion, marking a key milestone in the certification campaign for its A330-300BDSF programme. The successful flight follows completion of the aircraft’s primary structural work and extensive ground testing by IAI’s Aviation Group. During the flight, the aircraft and its systems […]

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Israel Aerospace Industries Completes Maiden Flight of Converted Airbus A330-300 Freighter Aircraft

Aviation News – Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has successfully executed the maiden flight of its converted Airbus A330-300 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft, marking a critical step...

Aviation News EU7 Sept

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IAI completes maiden flight of Airbus A330-300 freighter conversion aircraft

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has announced completion of the maiden flight of its converted Airbus A330-300 passenger-to-freighter aircraft.…

AeroTime•Jean Carmela Lim7 Sept

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First Flight for IAI A330-300 P2F Conversion

IAI has completed the first flight of its Airbus A330-300 passenger to freight conversion program. The first Airbus A330-300BDSF, with

Air Insight•Ernest Arvai6 Sept

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IAI’s first converted Airbus A330-300 freighter completes maiden flight

A330-300BDSF begins flight-test campaign as Israeli company prepares to certify its first Airbus passenger-to-freighter conversion

Air Data News•Ricardo Meier5 Sept

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IAI A330-300BDSF makes 1st post-conversion flight ahead of certification

IAI successfully completed the first flight of its A330-300BDSF prototype today ahead of the conversion program obtaining certification. IAI expects to complete fifteen to twenty conversions of the type per year after being granted the STC, Yaacov Berkovitz, executive vice president and general manager of IAI’s Aviation Group, told Cargo Facts. The 2014-vintage, Trent-700 powered […]

Cargo Facts•Jay Aelick4 Sept

IAI’s Berkovitz joins Cargo Facts Symposium 2026

Yaacov Berkovitz, executive vice president and general manager of aviation at IAI Aviation Group, will join Cargo Facts Symposium for the panel discussion “Type Talk 777 — Ramping up 777 conversions in the widebody segment” on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 14:00 (GMT-5). The 32nd annual Cargo Facts Symposium will take place Oct. 21-23 at the […]

Cargo Facts•Cargo Facts Staff10 Aug

World Star to launch IAI Big Twin conversion line at Ascent

World Star Aviation is about to induct its first IAI 777-300ERSF Big Twin conversion, kicking off a new conversion line at the Ascent Aviation Services facility in Arizona. The 2008-vintage aircraft (33755) landed in Marana, Ariz. (MZJ), July 29. It had previously been on lease to EVA Air, which ended passenger service with it in […]

Cargo Facts•Jeff Lee31 Jul

Merlin, IAI Explore Autonomy for Cargo Aircraft

The memorandum covers joint development, integration and certification work for Part 25 freighters.

AVweb•Matt Ryan28 Jul

IAI Unveils Ellyon Electronic Warfare and ISTAR Aircraft

The new Ellyon multi-mission platform integrates multiple payloads for Electronic Warfare, SIGINT and ISTAR roles. Israel’s state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has unveiled a new airborne platform offering combined Electronic Warfare (EW) and Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) capabilities, called Ellyon. The platform integrates the different payloads into a “new generation multi-mission […] […]

The Aviationist•Parth Satam27 Jul

Merlin and IAI introduces autonomy to commercial cargo aircraft

Merlin Labs, a U.S.-based developer of autonomous flight technology, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to co-develop, integrate and certify AI-assisted autonomous flight technology for commercial cargo aircraft. IAI’s expertise gives Merlin a foothold in cargo conversions The agreement forms part of Merlin’s product family for large, multi-crew aircraft, Condor, […]

Travel Radar•Sunil Raj Kumar25 Jul

Merlin to integrate Condor software into IAI conversion programs

Merlin aims to integrate its autonomous flight software into IAI’s freighter conversions after signing a memorandum of understanding with the STC holder. IAI and Merlin finalized a deal this month to explore the advancement, development and integration of the Condor automated flight system into commercial cargo aircraft, a Merlin spokesperson told Cargo Facts. The agreement […]

Cargo Facts•Robert Luke24 Jul

Israel’s IAI unveils ‘Hypnosis’ system for confusing enemy drone swarms

The system, called Hypnosis, consists of an array of mobile “stations” around a defended area that send out jamming signals against drone swarms.

Defense News•Tzally Greenberg20 Jul

Etihad Engineering nears 1st IAI Big Twin conversion

The Etihad Engineering facility in Abu Dhabi soon will become the third site to induct a 777-300ER for conversion into an IAI Big Twin freighter. The 2007-vintage aircraft (32729) landed in Abu Dhabi (AUH) from Istanbul (ISL) on July 1. AerCap previously had leased the plane to Turkish Airlines, which removed it from passenger service […]

Cargo Facts•Jeff Lee9 Jul

China Southern Cargo Expands Fleet With AerCap Boeing 777 Freighter Leases And New Boeing Orders

Aviation News – China Southern Cargo has secured a major fleet expansion by signing a lease agreement with AerCap for three IAI-converted Boeing B777-300ERSF aircraft...

Aviation News EU8 Jul

IAI to convert 1st 767-200BDSF in more than 5 years

Cargojet soon will add another 767-200 freighter to its fleet, marking the first IAI 767-200DBSF conversion since 2020. The 2001-vintage, CF6-powered aircraft (30433, ex-UTair), which arrived in Tel Aviv (TLV) on June 24 for conversion with IAI, had been stored in Hamilton (YHM) since late 2023. Unit 30433 is one of two sister 767-200ERs that […]

Cargo Facts•Jeff Lee7 Jul

10th Big Twin enters service

There are now ten IAI 777-300ERSF Big Twin conversions in commercial service around the world with three operators. The most recent aircraft to join the active fleet is the 2005-vintage unit 33862 (ex-Emirates), which Fly Meta leased from AerCap and placed with Air Atlanta Europe for CMI service. It began flying between Hong Kong (HKG) […]

Cargo Facts•Jeff Lee23 Jun