Modification specialist Alcoa-SIE Cargo Conversions has redelivered its first Boeing 757-200ASF freighter (MSN 24235) to Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management, following the receipt of a US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate. An end-user for the ex-First Choice Airways twinjet has not been named.
Source: Flight International
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