ATR

The regional airframer has envisaged the hybrid-electric ATR EVO since the early 2020s, and after periods of uncertainty, the project is gaining fresh momentum.

Sum Air has ordered four ATR 72-600 regional turboprops from ATR and signed purchase rights for four additional aircraft.

With the appointment of Willie Walsh as IndiGo's next CEO, Flight Friday looks at the Indian carrier's number of monthly flights over the last two years.

ATR’s continuing struggles on the final assembly line, largely due to late supplier deliveries, have consequences for the airframer's engineering office.

ATR is devising a one- to two-year extension for C check maintenance intervals, which would take place every three or four years.

This week, Flight Friday focuses on Africa, investigating how each aircraft class is being utilized when compared to an equivalent pre-pandemic month.

Finnair has placed a firm order for E195-E2s and is seeking up to 12 used A320/321ceos to replace its oldest A319s and A320s, along with six ATRs and four E1s.

In Europe, the U.S. and Canada, development of megawatt-class hybrid propulsion enters a critical phase.

After five challenging years, the European turboprop manufacturer says the worst is behind it and major expansion is in the cards.

ATR wants to address pain points related to main landing gear maintenance on its ATR 42 and ATR 72 fleets.

Although ATR has shelved the ATR 42-600 STOL variant, the OEM says it is in contact with operators using short runways to offer possible solutions.

The turboprops market has clearly shrunk, yet ATR plans to make production of its aircraft more efficient and increase its output substantially.

The Brazilian airframer wants to take advantage of the huge growth of India’s air transport industry. But regional flying must first become a viable business.

ATR has secured notable orders in Asia-Pacific over the past year, and the OEM sees major market opportunities for fleet replacement and growth in this region.

Malaysia’s AirBorneo unveiled a firm order for eight ATR turboprops on the first day of the Singapore Airshow as the airline develops its long-term fleet strategy in the wake of its rebranding.

ATR is targeting India's regional aviation growth, highlighting turboprops' efficiency for short routes, with 420 new routes and 210 aircraft needed by 2044.

Languishing traffic and mushrooming business failures highlight regional arilines’ predicament.

Regional airlines continue to navigate an evolving marketplace as they look for replacements for 50-seat airliners.

P&WC advances hybrid propulsion; GE’s hybrid Passport success; Europe’s Clean Aviation launches ultraefficient regional projects; UAE orders uncrewed VTOLs.

Air Serbia has completed the modernization of its fleet with the delivery of the final Embraer E195-E1 from lessor Azorra, marking Azorra's first partnership in the Balkan region.

The four projects aim to ready technologies for a hybrid-electric regional aircraft entering service in 2035, as part of the Clean Aviation public-private initiative.

Did ATR, Comac And Embraer exceed their 2024 output in 2025? The numbers are in, and the results are mixed.

The fatal crash of an ATR 42-500 in Indonesia Jan. 17 brought the total number of ATR accidents and incidents in the Asia-Pacific region to three this year.

Indonesia’s search and rescue agency (Basarnas) has confirmed it has located the wreckage of an ATR 42-500 aircraft that went missing on Jan. 17.

Turboprop manufacturer ATR has deployed specialists to help investigate an accident involving an ATR 42-500 in Indonesia.