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Purolator replacing 70-year-old freighters in Canada with ATR72-500

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Purolator Inc., Canada ’s largest integrated parcel carrier, will upgrade its British Columbia feeder network by replacing three aging Convair freighter aircraft with three ATR72-500 turboprop freighters.

The three Convair 580s operated by KF Aerospace were manufactured in the early 1950s , making them at least 70 years old .

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formal

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English

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71

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