Withdrawn from service and the registration taped inside in the last windows, C-FCRE is prepared for lease to VASP (Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo SA) starting in June 1991. Registered PP-SON and N42783 when the aircraft returned , it would be christened "Spirit of Canadian" and decorated with hundreds of signatures of Canadian employees. Among the first aircraft retired after Canadian was purchased by Air Canada, this DC-10 was sold to Finova Capital in July 2007, ferried to Marana, AZ and broken up in 2003.

First served Alitalia as I-DYND then PIA as AP-BBL; joined CP Air 12.85. Showing off to advantage here the special employee signature markings worn at the end of her Canadian career, the aircraft was eventually scrapped at Marana, AZ in 2.04