ATR Ends Short-Takeoff-and-Landing Effort In Cost-Cutting Focus

ATR in flight

ATR is looking to drive down operating costs of its turboprops to make the 40-year-old platform more attractive to customers.

Credit: ATR
ATR celebrated the first flight of a short-takeoff-and-landing version of the ATR 42-600 a little more than two years ago. That effort has now stalled, as the French aircraft-maker reorients resources toward other improvements on its turboprop family to reduce airline operating costs. The about-face...
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