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“Obtaining this new certification will allow us
to expand the commercial and operational scope
of our family of aircraft,” stated Filippo
Bagnato, Chief Executive Officer of ATR. “Since
their launch, the ATR -600s have become the
best-selling under-90-seat regional aircraft in
the world, a success furthermore confirmed by
their excellent operational reliability and
their popularity with passengers. We are
convinced that the FAA certification is going to
open doors for us in high-potential markets, to
replace turboprop aircraft from previous
generations as well as jets, which are less and
less cost-effective.”
Since the new ATR 42-600 and ATR 72-600 program
was launched in October 2007, ATR has received
orders for more than 300 aircraft from this new
series. At present, almost two thirds of the
under-90-seat regional aircraft on order the
world over are ATRs from the new “-600” series.
About the ATR 72-600:
- Passenger capacity: 68 to 74 seats
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW 127M
- Maximum take-off power: 2,750 horsepower per
engine
- Maximum take-off weight: 23,000 kg
- Maximum payload: 7,500 kg
- Maximum range when fully loaded: 900 nautical
miles (1,665 km)
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