First Air adds first ATR42 dedicated freighter

First Air (7F, Carp) operated its first commercial flight with its redelivered ATR42-300 Class C dedicated-freighter on February 22, marking the entry into service of the world's first such Avions de Transport Régional converted aircraft.

Operated by First Air as a Quick Change (QC) variant since 2001, Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows C-FIQU (msn 138) was retired from active service in August 2017 in order to undergo P2F conversion at Ottawa Int'l.
Aside from three other ATR42-300(QC)s, as well as three ATR42-300s and six ATR42-500s, the Canadian regional specialist also operates two ARJ-85s (wet-leased from Summit Air Charters (Yellowknife)), one B737-400, and three B737-400(F)s on regular and chartered flights to remote communities in Canada's Nunavut, Nunavik, and Northwest Territories.

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