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Texel Air adds its first Boeing 737-700 “FlexCombi”

Texel Air has made this announcement:

Texel Air, an established private airline and MRO based in the Kingdom of Bahrain, announces the arrival of the latest addition to its fleet, the Boeing 737-700 FlexCombiโ„ข (N393AG), a first of a kind aircraft conversion developed to provide the most versatile third party cargo charter solution available in the market today.ย 

The aircraft arrived at the Companyโ€™s private hangar at the Bahrain International Airport where it was greeted by H.E Engineer Kamal bin Ahmed Mohamed, Minister of Transportation & Telecommunications alongside other VIPs and the management and Board members of Texel Air.ย 

The aircraft, which will be based in the Kingdom of Bahrain, is unique in its ability to be configured in seven different ways for multiple purposes in a remarkably fast 48-hour time frame. The FlexCombiโ„ข can switch seamlessly to operate humanitarian, government, express integrator and commercial flights from major airports to smaller remote runways with configuration flexibility achieved without compromise in cargo volumes and customised mission capability. In addition to cargo, the aircraft is able to transport up to 24 people as well as offering the option for medical evacuation flights using two speciality medical beds installed on the aircraft. The aircraft is able to load both civil (PAG) and (463L) pallets and its initial and planned configurations include:ย 

Initial Configurationsย 

  • Cargo Mode: eight pallet positions and the passenger interior is fully removable.ย 
  • Combi 1: seven pallet positions and 12 economy seatsย 
  • Combi 2: six pallet positions and 24 economy seats ย 

Planned configurations

  • Combi 3: six pallet positions and 12 economy, 4 business class seats (16 seats total)
  • Combi 4: six pallet positions and 8 business class seatsย 
  • Combi 5: seven pallet positions and 4 business class seatsย 
  • MEDEVAC : six pallet positions, 2 Spectrum AEROMED stretchers and 6 economy seats

The FlexCombiโ„ข also has a number of standard and optional features outside of the multiple interior configurations. These operational enhancements were researched and adopted to ensure the aircraft was able to meet both current and evolving requirements of the airlineโ€™s diverse customer base.ย