Boeing Co., and India’s GMR Aero Technic will collaborate to set up a 737 freighter conversion line at GMR’s maintenance-repair-overhaul facility in Hyderabad, India. This investment strengthens Boeing’s expansion in India.
It will be India’s first Boeing freighter conversion facility that will convert passenger aircraft into freight planes, to tap surging global demand for cargo. The company hopes to meet the demand for the service both locally and internationally.
The facility will add to Boeing’s $1 billion supply chain sourcing from India and will help support India’s ambitions to become a global cargo hub, chief strategy officer Marc Allen told reporters in New Delhi.
In India, growing e-commerce demand and manufacturing of smart phones and other electronics for domestic use and export is strengthening the outlook for freighters, Salil Gupte, president, Boeing India, said. He added, that there was demand to convert more than 1,700 passenger planes globally into freighters over the next 20 years, with about 600 coming from Asia.
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
