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The departure of Mark Dunnachie from ATR will see the industry veteran leave after five years with the OEM to join ACIA Aero Leasing.

Startup begins converting 70-seat Dash 8 Q400 to test a 2-megawatt-class hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain.

Brazil's Azul is seeing promising signs in business demand as corporate travel volume recently reached pre-pandemic levels.

Aging fleets, cargo conversions and sustainability initiatives are driving life-extension MRO work for older turboprops.

Remaining regional aircraft OEMs ATR and Embraer continue to wait for fresh, strong demand. If the hesitation is structural, the outlook could stay grim.

Regional turboprop manufacturer ATR has appointed Alexis Vidal, a seasoned marketing and sales expert, as SVP commercial, succeeding Fabrice Vautier.

ATR aims to progressively ramp up deliveries to 80 per year by the second half of the decade, following a weaker-than-expected performance in 2022.

ATR has delayed a go-ahead decision for the future EVO turboprop family from 2023 to early 2025 to consider engine options.

Recently-appointed ATE CEO Nathalie Tarnaud Laude discusses supply chain and delivery challenges, and the futuristic EVO project.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

ATR claims its 70-seat-class ATR 72-600 cuts carbon dioxide emissions by 45%, compared with equivalent regional jets.

Turboprop aircraft OEM has targeted savings through software partnership rollouts.

A significant improvement in energy efficiency for a novel de-icing system has been demonstrated under the EU’s Clean Sky 2 public-private partnership.

The company’s unorthodox methods can be seen in its preparations for ATR 72 flight tests.

Without production challenges, around 30 aircraft might have been delivered last year—still a low number compared with the previous decade.

In an interview, ATR CEO Nathalie Tarnaud Laude says she is planning on progressively increasing the OEM’s annual output to 80 aircraft.

As of February 2023, 12% of the in-service fleet is classed as being in either parked or parked/reserve status.

The engine continues to dominate the regional turboprop market.

ATR and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) plan to collaborate to achieve 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) readiness in PW127 series engines.

Stephane Viala, ATR’s former SVP for engineering and head of design organization, has left the regional turboprop manufacturer.

Nathalie Tarnaud Laude will succeed Stefano Bortoli as the CEO of ATR effective Sept. 17.

European turboprop manufacturer ATR has won a potentially significant contract with Indian Ocean carrier Maldivian, historically an operator of De Havilland Canada Dash 8.

Swedish regional BRA, OEM ATR and fuel supplier Neste partner to certify 100% SAF for ATR regional turboprops; first test flight in 2022.

Turboprop manufacturer ATR is studying “meaningful” changes to its existing aircraft platform and suggested an announcement on new developments could come in early 2022.

ATR’s earlier hopes that regional turboprops would spearhead the recovery have yet to materialize, and management now only expects a slight upturn this year on the extremely slow sales it reported for 2020.