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By David Kaminski-Morrow2021-02-24T07:52:00+00:00
Canada’s Conair Group has received the first in a batch of former Flybe Bombardier Q400s due for conversion into aerial firefighters.
The turboprop – registered G-KKEV, and originally delivered to the UK operator in 2008 – is one of 11 acquired by Conair for the modification, following the collapse of Flybe a year ago.
Conair will convert the aircraft, flown to Canada via Reykjavik, into Q400AT air tankers at its Abbotsford facility in British Columbia.
The modification will take around 75 days, the company states, and will begin this quarter with the intention of completing the work ahead of the North American wildfire season.