ATR 72

Regional aircraft OEM ATR has received an order for 10 ATR 72-600 turboprops from Avation, a lessor based in Singapore, for deliveries between 2025-28.

Thai cargo startup Pattaya Airways has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a converted ATR 72-500F turboprop freighter.

Delays in the delivery of new aircraft are preventing Air Serbia from announcing its network expansion, the airline’s CEO says.

The Brazilian carrier has outsourced ATR 72-600 and Embraer E1 redelivery checks outside of South America.

The new regional carrier signed an agreement with the engine OEM covering PW127M engines powering its ATR 72-600s.

Regional aircraft manufacturer ATR is increasingly seeing decommissioned ATR 72s and ATR 42s as a source of spare parts.

The huge potential of the aviation market in India means it could have the largest fleet of ATR turboprops of any country, an ATR senior executive says.

After a challenging 2022, ATR last year saw improving demand and production rates, the company reported on Feb 15.

Lagos-based LCC Green Africa Airways has recorded its first operating profit and is now looking to double its fleet from three to six ATR 72s.

Airlines including Cebu Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways and Cathay Pacific are planning to place major orders.

Greek regional airline Sky Express is preparing to add an eighth ATR 72-600 over the next few months, as part of wider fleet renewal plans for 2024.

Air Corsica, the launch customer for the PW127XT-powered version of the ATR 72-600, has been operating it for one year.

Connectivity for far-flung overseas French destinations is a major focus for the country’s smaller airlines.

An investigative report says human error, high workload and erroneous engine feathering led to the January 2023 Yeti Airlines accident in Nepal.

Dutch startup is the latest to move away from all-electric propulsion and toward a larger hybrid design that it hopes will better meet market requirements.

Hydrogen is conspicuous by its absence from ATR's latest product development strategy that looks out over the next decade and beyond.

SAS reports it faced higher costs from currency exchanges and fuel prices in a challenging fourth quarter (Q4) of its fiscal 2023, which ended Oct. 31.

Channel Islands-based regional airline Aurigny Air Services is planning to sell its sole Embraer 195 and replace it with a pair of leased ATR 72s.

Several airlines detailed fleet expansion plans as they announced orders and commitments at this year’s Dubai Airshow—transactions that largely favored Boeing.

InterCaribbean is phasing out its fleet of 10 30-seat Embraer 120 Brasilias, the airline’s CEO Trevor Sadler tells Aviation Daily.

Turboprop leasing startup Abelo has signed on with ATR for 10 ATR 72-600s, with options for an additional 10.

Egyptian hybrid carrier Air Cairo is planning yet another major jump in capacity, aiming to almost double its fleet compared to previously announced plans.

U.S. Air Force welcomes eCTOL; simulating hydrogen turnaround; China’s TCab flies eVTOL; and flying quantum sensor.

Universal Hydrogen (UH2) has demonstrated loading and unloading of its liquid hydrogen modules on an ATR 72 test aircraft at Toulouse Blagnac Airport.

Uzbekistan’s all-turboprop startup Silk Avia will soon come under the control of government-owned Uzbekistan Airways.