ATR preps for record production rate
ATR plans to deliver more than 60 new aircraft this year and expand production capacity to answer a surge in demand for its regional turboprops, while incr
ATR plans to deliver more than 60 new aircraft this year and expand production capacity to answer a surge in demand for its regional turboprops, while increasing its revenue to more than $1.3 billion. Meanwhile, the company continues to contemplate a bigger aircraft, possibly a stretched version of its newly announced ATR 72-600.
ATR chief executive Stéphane Mayer told AIN it is “still far too early to say anything more” about a larger model and he declined to provide a launch date. He confirmed, however, that some clients have asked for a longer aircraft and that ATR engineers are studying a version of the ATR 72 that would seat between 90 and 100 passengers, as well as other options, such as an entirely new line of aircraft.
