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ATR 72-600 to fly early this summer

Avions de Transport Regional has scheduled the first flight of a prototype ATR 72-600 regional turboprop for early this summer, following completion of the

By Thierry Dubois • Writer

February 27, 2009

Avions de Transport Regional has scheduled the first flight of a prototype ATR 72-600 regional turboprop for early this summer, following completion of the first “power-on” test in December in Toulouse, France. The ATR 42/72 variant that will supersede the -500 features a new flight deck supplied by Thales. A pair of PW127Ms will provide 5 percent more power than the previous-generation Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127E/F engines, thanks to a “multi-rating” concept.

“We will complete flight testing by the spring of 2010,” Luigi Lombardi, ATR’s senior v-p for operations, told AIN. Two preproduction aircraft will take part in the trials–the aforementioned ATR 72-600 and one ATR 42-600. Schedules call for the latter to fly by the end of this year. ATR plans to receive EASA certification in the second half of next year.

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