QINGDAO — At around 3 pm on October 15, 2026, the first aircraft awaiting passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion for US-based Mammoth Freighters in Asia arrived at Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport. This marks that Asia's first Boeing 777-200LR P2F conversion line has entered substantive operation, and that Qingdao's aviation maintenance industry has taken a key step into the high-end conversion of large widebody aircraft.

　　Global layout lands in Qingdao, building Asia-Pacific's only conversion base

　　Promoted jointly by the Administrative Committee of the Qingdao Jiaodong Airport Economic Demonstration Zone and Qingdao Airport Group, Mammoth Freighters earlier reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Shandong Taikoo Aircraft Engineering Co Ltd (STAECO) and built Asia's first Boeing 777-200LR widebody passenger-to-freighter conversion line at Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport. This marks that Qingdao has officially become a key part of Mammoth's global production capacity layout and the world's third and the Asia-Pacific's only core Boeing 777 conversion hub.