Spain’s CanaryFly to sell ATR freighters

CanaryFly (PM, Las Palmas) has decided to end its short-lived dedicated freighter experiment and will sell both of its converted ATR72-500(F)s by the end of the year, it confirmed to Cargo Facts.

The airline added its first of the Avions de Transport Régional turboprops, EC-JQL (msn 726), in December 2020. The 15.8-year-old ATR72-500(F) was acquired from a local rival, Binter Canarias (NT, Las Palmas). After a period of one-off flights, it began regularly operating between the Canary Islands and Madrid Barajas on February 24, 2021, but was parked in Las Palmas two months later and has not flown since, Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows.

EC-KGI (msn 752), formerly operated by CanaryFly as a passenger aircraft, was sent for conversion in early 2021 and was seen as a full freighter by late April 2021. However, there is no evidence of this aircraft ever having operated as a freighter. It remains parked at Las Palmas airport.

While the airline did not disclose the buyer’s identity, according to earlier reports, Brazil’s Modern Logistics (WD, Sao Paulo Guarulhos) is planning to buy both aircraft.

CanaryFly continues to operate four ATR72-500s in passenger configuration.