Aircraft
ATR Says China Market Looks Promising
European turboprop manufacturer recently recorded major order with Fexex ordering 50 ATR-600F freighters, launching the variant.
An ATR 72-600 belonging to PNG Air of Papua New Guinea on the ramp (Photo: ATR)
An ATR 72-600 belonging to PNG Air of Papua New Guinea on the ramp (Photo: ATR)

In the year since Christian Scherer became CEO of French-Italian turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR, the company has realized a good run of business. As of November 8, the OEM held firm orders for 119 aircraft, for at least 80 estimated deliveries in the year. ATR managed to win over customers in the U.S. for the first time in 20 years, as well as naming FedEx as launch customer for its brand new ATR72-600F cargo.