KF Aerospace is an approved maintenance organization (AMO) which operates two maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities in Canada, one at Kelowna International Airport in British Columbia and the other at Hamilton International Airport in Ontario. It is the parent company of KF Cargo, which provides cargo aircraft charter and leasing services, and KF Defence Programs, contract operator of the Canadian Forces Contracted Flying Training and Support program.

History

The company was established as Kelowna Flightcraft on March 20, 1970 and the charter subsidiary

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was established and started operating in June 1974. It is wholly owned by Barry Lapointe Holding. In 1996, Kelowna Flightcraft was operating Boeing 727-200 jets in scheduled passenger airline service on a contract basis for Greyhound Air, a Canadian-based new startup air carrier. Flightcraft's extensive history in maintenance work directed to the ubiquitous Boeing 727 "feederliner" series has led to their adaptation as the main type for cargo operations, with Purolator Courier their main client. It was announced on February 19, 2014 that Flightcraft lost their contract with Purolator Courier as another carrier, Cargojet, won the contract. On March 30, 2005, KF Aerospace was awarded a $1.77 billion contract to lead a team of Canadian companies called KF Defence Programs to provide primary flight training for the Canadian Forces Air Command at Southport at the former CFB Base Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. KF Aerospace also undertakes maintenance and upgrades on the Convair CV-240 family, for which it owns the type certificate. KF Aerospace converts existing Convair CV-580s to the updated CV5800 configuration and provides conversions of the former Canadian Forces

CC-109 Cosmopolitan The Canadair CL-66 was a turboprop version of the civilian Convair CV-440 Metropolitan. The CC-109 Cosmopolitan or "Cosmo" in RCAF service became the standard VIP aircraft as well as replacing the Douglas Dakota and the North American B-25 Mitc ...

transport fleet into freighters and "fire-fighting" water/chemical bombers. KF Aerospace announced to partner with Boeing to open two conversion lines for 737-800BCF at its Kelowna facility in 2023. The company adds two hangars at that facility. KF works with WestJet, WestJet Encore, Swoop,

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, and Air Transat.

Aircraft

KF offers leasing of the following aircraft types: * Boeing 737 300/400 * Convair 580 KF offers maintenance for the following aircraft types: * Boeing 727 100/200 *Boeing 737 100/200 300/400/500 600 /700/800/900

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* Boeing 757 200/300 *

Boeing 767 The Boeing 767 is an American wide-body aircraft developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The aircraft was launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978, the prototype first flew on September 26, 1981, and it was certified on ...

200/300/300ER * Airbus A300 * Airbus A310 * Airbus A319/ A320/

A321 The Airbus A321 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short to medium range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin engine jet airliners; it carries 185 to 236 passengers. It has a stretched fuselage which was the first derivative of the ba ...

* Bombardier CRJ100/200 * de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 * Embraer E-Jet * McDonnell Douglas DC-10 *

Douglas DC-3 The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version ...

/ 4/ 6/ 8/ 9 *

McDonnell Douglas MD-80 The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The MD-80 was the second gene ...

* Lockheed L382 * Convair 580 * ATR42 * ATR72 * Beechcraft Premier *

Beechcraft King Air The Beechcraft King Air is a line of American utility aircraft produced by Beechcraft. The King Air line comprises a number of twin-turboprop models that have been divided into two families. The Model 90 and 100 series developed in the 1960s ...

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KF Aerospace
Aerospace companies of Canada Companies based in Kelowna