The freighter conversion business begins 2013 with a clear division: The market for narrowbody conversions is dynamic and growing, while the market for widebody aircraft has stagnated. The market's current status is belied by the statistics for 2012, when conversions were almost evenly split between the aircraft types. The 64 conversions included 28 widebody and 33 narrowbody aircraft, with the other three on turboprops, the Aviation Week Fleets database shows. Twelve of those 28 widebody aircraft, however, were Airbus A300-600s converted for European Air Transport, which has been replacing its old A300-200s. There might not be much of a customer base after that, and the feedstock is dwindling: only about 60 passenger A300-600s are in active service outside of European Air Transport.
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