While most other airliner manufacturers have been happy to announce firm orders, Letters of Intent, or Memorandum of Understandings at this week’s Dubai Air Show, one of has been quiet. We are talking ATR here, the French/Italian turboprop maker. It…
Franco-Italian turboprop maker ATR officially launched its latest version of the 42-600, the 600S, on October 9. The S stands for ‘Short Take-Off and Landings’ and includes modifications that make the aircraft even more suitable for remote airports with limited…
Franco/Italian turboprop maker ATR has had a pretty successful Paris Air Show, signing commitments for 75 aircraft worth $1.7 billion. By comparison: Farnborough last year earned ATR 17 sales. The biggest order came from regional aircraft leasing specialist Nordic Aviation…
Yesterday an ATR carried passengers in the US again. Silver Airways yesterday launched its regularly scheduled flights aboard its new ATR -600 series. The first flight departed Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport at 10:40 a.m. and arrived at Key West International…
Turboprop manufacturer ATR stabilized its turnover in 2018, booking a result of $1.8bln identical to the previous year. However, sales and deliveries were below the record-level of 2017, the Franco-Italian OEM reported on January 31. 2017 had been an outstanding…
A wide-ranging chat with regional airline guru UK-based Bernie Baldwin. We discuss the sale of the Q400 program to Viking. Along with several implications of this move. Viking has now bought every propeller-driven program Bombardier has owned. Indeed, Viking will…