FedEx originally announced the purchase agreement with ATR in November 2017. Under the agreement, FedEx Express made a firm purchase of 30 ATR 72-600F aircraft with options to purchase up to 20 more.

Silver’s fleet is currently composed of ATR 42-600s, ATR 72-600s and Saab 340s. Silver is owned by affiliates of Philadelphia-based investment firm Versa Capital Management, LLC.

It currently operates 12 ATR 72-500s and three ATR 72-600s. The ATR 72-500s have an average age of 21.2 years, while the ATR 72-600s average 10.2 years, reflecting an aging fleet, according to ch ...

FedEx owns 24 factory-built ATR 72-600 freighters, 19 older ATR 72-200s and 16 ATR 42s, which it supplies to partner airlines in North America and Europe to fly feeder routes on its behalf. Of the ...

FedEx Express will expand its feeder fleet by adding the world’s first converted ATR 72-600 freighter featuring a Large Cargo Door (LCD). On July 11, 2025, ACIA Aero Leasing signed a definitive ...

Here's everything we know so far about the airline and the aircraft that went down. The aircraft in question is a French-built ATR-72-600 regional airliner and is one of 11 ATRs in TransAsia's fleet.