ACIA Aero Leasing has announced the sale of an ATR 72-500 LCD freighter (MSN727) to Canadian regional airline, Air Creebec. The plane is the airline’s first ATR to be offered to its quick. The plane will enter operations in December 2024, serving Air Creebec’s a couple of cargo contracts within the midst of Canada.
In the beginning converted to a bulk freighter in 2021, the plane has been upgraded with a Big Cargo Door (LCD) at Empire Aerospace, in Idaho, USA.
“We welcome Air Creebec as a brand new buyer and are happy they approached ACIA Aero Leasing for their first ATR. The Canadian market represents a couple of opportunities for the ATR platform across every passenger and cargo requirements and we search for solid capability to additional toughen our buyer snide in this key market. The truth that we had been ready to reconfigure the plane from regular BFC to LCD variant, incorporating the massive cargo door, repairs and paint in beneath 6 months, reaffirms our management within the marketplace for ATR freighter solutions,” commented Ticket Dunnachie, SVP Industrial, ACIA Aero Leasing.
“We are happy to be taking transport of our first ATR plane from ACIA Aero Leasing. The LCD variant will manage to pay for us better flexibility in our cargo operations as we make stronger important entry to food and requirements to our far flung customers within the far North. As the main airline in our spot, Air Creebec desires to produce revolutionary solutions to our huge diversity of customers. With our new LCD ATR72-500 from ACIA, we’re proud to be the pioneer and chief in cargo transportation in our voice and are very mad to additional fabricate our expertise” commented the airline’s President and CEO, Tanya Pash.
