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BRAZIL,FRANCE : ATR secures Orders for 72-600s
Publish Date : 04-Oct-2011
ATR collected orders for a total of 19 new ATR 72-600s from two customers last month, one of which also announced plans to lease another nine of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M-powered turboprops.
Brazil\'s Trip Linhas Aereas is planning to buy 18 new 68-seat ATR 72-600s and reserve options on another 22. The order of nine ATR-600s directly from the manufacturer and lease another nine from Air Lease Corp. and Gecas are included in the plans.
A contract was signed by EVA Air subsidiary UNI Air with the Franco-Italian turboprop manufacturer to acquire 10 ATR 72-600s.
By adding the 18 airplanes to the Trip fleet, it will become the largest ATR operator in the world, with 51 of the turboprops. Currently, American Eagle operates the largest fleet. It owns 39 aircraft.
The plan of Trip is to use the extra capacity to expand its domestic network with new destinations and add frequency on growing routes it already services.
ATR chief executive, Filippo Bagnato said, “Brazil is providing us huge commercial opportunities as airlines want to expand their regional networks with the most fuel-efficient and environmental friendly aircraft. We are proud that our aircraft are becoming popular aircraft across the country. There are some 50 already flying, while [another] 40 aircraft will join in the next three years.”
In addition to this deal, ATR is planning to start delivering 600 Series airplanes to Taiwan\'s UNI Air during next year\'s third quarter. The plan of UNI Air to substitute its old de Havilland Dash 8-300s with the latest variant of the ATR 72 series. These come with a new Thales avionics suite, a new interior and more powerful Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M engines.
Bagnato added, “This contract confirms the attractiveness of our aircraft in the rapidly growing Asian region. In the last several years, Asia and the Pacific region have represented some 50 percent of our total order intake.”
