Aviationtag FedEx ATR 42-300 EC-KAI KeyChain (Purple)

The sweet scent of aviation

The ATR 42-300, registration EC-KAI and MSN 141, was originally delivered to Simmons Airlines in the United States in June 1989 as N431MQ. She was later operated by Executive Airlines Puerto Rico as N141AE from April 1995 to February 1998 before merging to American Eagle until 2004.

In 2004, the aircraft was converted from a passenger aircraft to an ATR 42-300F cargo variant and used exclusively by FedEx Express for cargo transportation. In the last years of its history, the ATR 42-300 was mainly used for cargo transport. In recent years it has been used exclusively for the transport of flowers within Spain and abroad, which you could still smell on the plane.

In May 2022, the aircraft was decommissioned and landed in Mönchengladbach, where it was later dismantled. Despite its decommissioning, the ATR 42-300F lives on with the registration EC-KAI through Aviationtag, which creates unique keychains and accessories from recycled aircraft materials.

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