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ATR Chases Regional Airline Growth in Asia-Pacific
Airframer says its twin turboprops can open up new routes
ATR regional airliner
ATR’s latest market forecasts expect almost half of all new regional airliner orders through 2044 to come from operators in the Asia-Pacific region.

By some margin, the Asia-Pacific region ranks as a top priority for sales growth at regional airliner manufacturer ATR. Over the next 20 years, the European airframer forecasts deliveries of more than 1,000 aircraft in the region—nearly half of the roughly 2,100 passenger aircraft it expects to deliver worldwide in the market segment it serves.

According to Alexis Vidal, ATR’s senior vice president of commercial, the creation of new regional routes will be as significant as airline fleet replacement. His team aims to capitalize on the company’s 50- to 70-seat twin turboprops' ability to operate from runways as short as 4,264 feet, which he said makes new hub-feed and point-to-point services viable.

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