ACIA Aero Leasing (“ACIA”) launched 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 launched to its rapid. The plane will enter operations in December 2024, serving Air Creebec’s a pair of cargo contracts at some stage in Canada.
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On the origin transformed to a bulk freighter in 2021, the plane has been upgraded with a Enormous Cargo Door (LCD) at Empire Aerospace, in Idaho, USA.
“We welcome Air Creebec as a novel customer and are jubilant they approached ACIA Aero Leasing for his or her first ATR. The Canadian market represents a pair of opportunities for the ATR platform right thru each and each passenger and cargo requirements and we seek for solid probably to further toughen our customer inaccurate on this key market. The truth that we delight in been ready to reconfigure the plane from long-established BFC to LCD variant, incorporating the huge cargo door, repairs and paint in under 6 months, reaffirms our leadership out there for ATR freighter suggestions,” commented Fee Dunnachie, SVP Industrial, ACIA Aero Leasing.
“We’re jubilant to be taking offer of our first ATR plane from ACIA Aero Leasing. The LCD variant will provide you with the cash for us elevated flexibility in our cargo operations as we make stronger mandatory win entry to to food and requirements to our a ways-off purchasers in the a ways North. As the most main airline in our assign, Air Creebec desires to produce modern suggestions to our huge quantity of purchasers. With our novel LCD ATR72-500 from ACIA, we’re proud to be the pioneer and leader in cargo transportation in our disclose and are very mad to further type our skills” commented the airline’s President and CEO, Tanya Pash.
