Aircraft
ATR Upgrades Turboprops with New Pratt & Whitney Engine
The European turboprop manufacturer will offer new Pratt & Whitney Canada 127XT series as the standard engine for the ATR 72 and 42 aircraft.
ATR CEO Stefano Bortoli (Photo: ATR)
ATR CEO Stefano Bortoli (Photo: ATR)

Not many turboprops fly in the Gulf region, a market dominated by large hub-and-spoke carriers operating widebody airliners, but Franco-Italian turboprop maker ATR (Stand 1340) considers the Dubai Airshow a suitable venue to reveal new orders and significant improvements to the engines that power the ATR 42-600 and its larger sibling, the ATR 72-600. The company plans to replace the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M engines in those models with the new PW127XT series, which the company debuted at the Dubai Airshow on Monday.


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