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PR — ATR, the world’s leading regional aircraft manufacturer, today announced its 2025 full-year results, marked by strong commercial performance, stable revenues, and continued investment in its industrial system to support its long-term growth trajectory.
ATR reported a gross order intake of 60 aircraft in 2025, from nine customers across nine countries, including double-digit commitments from Air Algérie and UNI Air – 16 and 19 ATR 72-600s respectively. Net orders reached 50 aircraft, bringing the company’s backlog to over 160 units.
ATR’s broader ecosystem showed strong growth momentum, welcoming 19 new operators across all continents. The year was marked by a dynamic leasing environment, with over 10 brand-new aircraft leased to airlines from lessors’ order books, including a breakthrough within the Ethiopian Airlines Group. The second-hand market was also particularly active throughout the year, with over 90 transactions recorded. Customer support and services achieved revenues of US$538 million. Overall, ATR generated $1.2 billion in revenues in 2025.
The year also saw important fleet developments, including major breakthroughs in North America, with JSX in the United States launching public charter operations with ATR 42-600s, and the certification and delivery of the first ATR -600 in Canada with Rise Air.
Interest in premium regional travel also increased, reflected in further uptake of the ATR HighLine collection, including by Berjaya Air, Air Tahiti and Air Cambodia.
This solid market momentum contrasted with a difficult industrial environment. ATR delivered 32 aircraft in 2025, below its initial target, reflecting another year of supply-chain disruptions impacting key components.
“ We do not measure the success of a transition year like 2025 on one number”, said
Nathalie Tarnaud Laude, ATR’s Chief Executive Officer. “We are determined to raise our delivery rate; and that is why we have worked on concrete steps to address the issues that limited our output. We have strengthened every part of our organisation and laid the groundwork for a safe, sustainable and credible increase in production.”
The manufacturer continued investing throughout the year to stabilise its industrial system and prepare for its ramp-up from 2026 onwards.
“Tangible measures include improvements in Final Assembly Line flow, reopening of stations, a steady decline in part shortages – now down to one-third of early-2025 levels, alongside a close collaboration with our suppliers to get the end-to-end industrial system ready for ramp-up, targeting a 20% increase in deliveries this year compared to 2025” added Marion Smeyers, ATR’s SVP Operations & Procurement.
In 2025, ATR also entered a major new technological cycle driven by the launch of two EU Clean Aviation flagship programmes, HERACLES and DEMETRA. These R&T projects aim to demonstrate a hybrid-electric ATR 72-600 flying testbed by the end of 2029. The plan integrates hybrid propulsion, advanced propeller technology and electrified systems, marking a major step towards next-generation low-emission aircraft.
Notes:
- 60 gross orders (50 net) and 32 deliveries for the year. This level is lower than Embraer’s and slightly higher than COMAC’s, for context. As a monopolist, ATR is getting all the turboprop business there is. The thing is, there’s not much. Which is why DHC has done nothing to restart the Dash 8.
- Which, in our view, shows the turboprop business is too small for more than one OEM. Good news for ATR. It is not in a growth market like the other commercial aviation segments.
- But the flip side is that new entrants will see an opportunity. A big challenge for these entrants is to excite investors about a tiny, not really growing market.
- ATR has monopoly power, and the barriers to entry are growing steeper. Good news for ATR.
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