Aircraft
ATR Touts Strong Growth Prospects
ATR, the Toulouse-based turboprop manufacturer, plans to reveal orders at the Paris Airshow and prove a sustained interest in its regional airframes.
ATR 72-600 powered by Pratt & Whitney PW127 turboprops
An ATR 72-600 powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127 turboprops flew on 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel during a demonstration last June. The company expects to further boost its environmental credentials with the launch of the hybrid-electric 'Evo' in 2025. Photo: ATR)

ATR plans to announce several orders at the Paris Airshow, marking a return of growth for the airframer after a couple of difficult years caused by the pandemic and a slower-than-anticipated production ramp-up due to post-Covid supply chain and staffing bottlenecks. The European turboprop manufacturer expressed confidence it can deliver at least 40 new aircraft and sell more than 40 aircraft this year. Those figures represent a sizable increase in its performance in 2022, when it shipped 25 new and 11 used aircraft and inked orders for just 26 new aircraft.

“We never doubted the market for and the fundamentals of the ATR turboprop, not even on the darkest days of Covid,” noted ATR senior v-p of commercial Fabrice Vautier. “Now we have to provide proof of our belief.”   

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