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ATR Delivers First 'Green Financed' Aircraft to Braathens
The Swedish regional airline’s replacement of regional jets with ATR 72-600s meets "green" loan principles established by the Loan Market Association.
Braathens Regional took delivery of its first "green financed" ATR 72-600 on December 19. (Photo: ATR)
Braathens Regional took delivery of its first "green financed" ATR 72-600 on December 19. (Photo: ATR)

ATR on Thursday delivered the first-ever so-called green-financed aircraft to Swedish regional airline Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA). Leased from Avation and financed by Deutsche Bank, the aircraft comes as part of a new order for five ATR 72-600s, all purchased by Avation from ATR and leased to BRA. Braathens expects to receive all five of the airplanes by the end of March, by which time it plans to have disposed of the rest of its four-engine Avro RJs, resulting in a fleet consisting of 15 ATR 72-600s.