In the first nine months of 2023, ATR has produced much-improved financial and operational results. Its major shareholder Leonardo, who owns ATR together with Airbus, a reduction by 50 percent of EBITDA from €-4 million to €-2 million.
For Q3, the result has been even more positive, as ATR turned around an EBITDA of €-3 million into a positive €3 million.
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