First Air (Carp) will wet-lease in ATR 72-200(F)/-500(F)/-600F capacity from fellow Canadian operator Summit Air Charters (SUT, Yellowknife) as part of their recently expanded commercial partnership agreement.

In a statement confirming the extension of their existing tie-up by a further four years, First Air said it would use the ATR - Avions de Transport Régional turboprop freighters to supplement its own ATR42-300(QC)s as and where needed.

First Air currently wet-leases Summit Air's pair of ARJ-85s for use on flights from Edmonton International to Yellowknife and onwards from there to Norman Wells and Inuvik.