Airlines
Braathens Regional Looking to Expand ATR Fleet, Drops A220s
The Sweden-based regional airline targets CO2-free flight operations by 2030.
A Braathens Regional ATR 72-600 takes off on its "perfect flight" from Halmstad Airport in southwest Sweden on May 16.
A Braathens Regional ATR 72-600 takes off on its "perfect flight" from Halmstad Airport in southwest Sweden on May 16.

Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) will phase out all its aging Avro RJs by the end of March 2020 and expand its ATR fleet as part of its drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions (CO2). The Sweden-based airline has set an internal target to have fossil-free operations by 2030. “We made a fleet transformation plan which will see us exit all our Avros. The owned fleet will comprise only ATRs,” BRA CCO Ulrika Matsgård told AIN following the operation of what the carrier dubbed the ‘Perfect Flight,’ with every element of the one-hour service from Halmstad City Airport to Bromma-Stockholm City Airport optimized to keep carbon emissions to a minimum.