Growing ATR sales confirms trend
In one of his first appearances as new chief executive of ATR, a somewhat hesitant Stéphane Mayer announced new orders from Berjana Airlines of Malaysia (f

In one of his first appearances as new chief executive of ATR, a somewhat hesitant Stéphane Mayer announced new orders from Berjana Airlines of Malaysia (for four ATR 72-500s) and from Total Linhas Aereas of Brazil for three ATR 42-500s, two 72-500s and five options. In addition, he said that Tanzania’s Precision Air Services had taken another option for an ATR 42-500, to add to the six firm orders placed last year, and another existing customer, AZAL, had added another firm order for an ATR 42-500.

This, said Mayer, brought the total haul for this Paris Air Show to 53 firm orders and 15 options, when added to the recently announced orders from Cebu Pacific (six ATR 72-500s with eight options), Swiftair (three ATR 72-500s), Naysa (two ATR 72-500s) and Islas Airways (six ATR 72-500s).