{"id":19511,"date":"2021-09-27T16:50:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T16:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19511"},"modified":"2021-09-27T16:50:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T16:50:33","slug":"mammoth-freighters-adds-widebody-mro-facility-to-b777-cargo-conversion-program-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/florida\/mammoth-freighters-adds-widebody-mro-facility-to-b777-cargo-conversion-program-initiative\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Mammoth Freighters Adds Widebody MRO Facility to B777 Cargo Conversion Program Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mammoth Freighters LLC (\u201cMammoth\u201d) announced today a\nstrategic investment in a world class widebody maintenance and modification\nfacility to support its Boeing 777-200LR and 777-300ER passenger-to-freighter\nconversion programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through its investment, Mammoth is embarking on a long-term\npartnership with GDC Technics (\u201cGDC\u201d), a global aerospace company with\nextensive expertise in Engineering &amp; Technical services, Modifications,\nElectronic Systems, R&amp;D, and MRO services. Located at Alliance Airport in\nFort Worth, Texas, GDC has a state-of-the-art facility with 840,000 sq feet and\nsix widebody hangar bays for modification and maintenance work on 777 aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mammoth Co-CEO Bill Tarpley said, \u201cBy partnering with GDC,\nour Mammoth 777 -200LR and -300ER freighter conversions and support initiative\nwill be centrally located in the US in a facility designed specifically for\n777-200\/300 aircraft and with a skilled labor force in place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brad Foreman, GDC CEO, added, \u201cWe believe Mammoth is\npositioned to be the leading passenger-to-freighter conversion company in the\nworld and are excited about the potential. We see a huge market for freighter\nconversion lines. Coupled with our existing connectivity, MRO and VIP services,\nthis positions GDC for continuous growth in the market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GDC Chairman Mohammed Alzeer said, \u201cThis strategic\npartnership between Mammoth, a company backed by funds and accounts managed by\nFortress Investment Group LLC, and GDC, will revolutionize the\npassenger-to-freighter market to benefit asset owners and investors, freight\noperators, and their customers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mammoth Freighters LLC (\u201cMammoth\u201d) announced today a strategic investment in a world class widebody maintenance and modification facility to support its Boeing 777-200LR and 777-300ER passenger-to-freighter conversion programs. Through its investment, Mammoth is embarking on a long-term partnership with GDC Technics (\u201cGDC\u201d), a global aerospace company with extensive expertise in Engineering &amp; Technical services, Modifications, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida","category-texas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mammoth.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19513,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19511\/revisions\/19513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}