Japan to see first passenger-to-freighter plane conversion business

Okinawa's MRO Japan has EU certificate to service Airbus planes

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An Airbus bestseller A320 plane. (Airbus homepage)

YUMIKO URASAKI, Nikkei staff writer

NAHA, Okinawa -- MRO Japan, a provider of aircraft maintenance services, will start converting passenger aircraft into cargo haulers, seeking to win orders from owners of Airbus planes in Asia.

The company, based in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, has obtained European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification authorizing it to provide services on planes made by Europe-headquartered Airbus.

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