Aircraft
ATR's 1,000th Delivery Confirms Turboprops' Staying Power in Regional Airline Service
ATR has just delivered its 1,000th aircraft, and is enjoying a twin-turboprop renaissance in the current climate of high fuel prices.
Spain's Air Nostrum took delivery of the 1,000th ATR twin turboprop and expects to decide soon on whether to convert options for 10 more.
Spain's Air Nostrum took delivery of the 1,000th ATR twin turboprop and expects to decide soon on whether to convert options for 10 more.

Anyone doubting the staying power of turboprop aircraft in the regional airline sector probably should have visited Toulouse on May 3 to see ATR delivering the 1,000th example of its twin turboprop series. Spanish carrier Air Nostrum received its latest ATR 72-600 in a ceremony presided over by the heads of ATR’s shareholders: EADS outgoing chief executive Louis Gallois and Giuseppe Orsi, chairman and CEO of Italy’s Finmeccanica.