ATR delivers first versions of its newest ATR 72-600 twin-engine turboprop regional passenger aircraft

Aug. 23, 2011
TOULOUSE, France, 23 Aug. 2011. Passenger turboprop regional aircraft manufacturer ATR in Toulouse, France, has delivered its first two ATR 72-600 70-seat passenger turboprop aircraft. The ATR 72-600 earned European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification last May. Its sister aircraft, the ATR 42-600, will be certified by the end of this year and is scheduled to enter service in 2012. The two-aircraft delivery is part of a 2009 order by Royal Air Maroc, the Moroccan national airline based in Casablanca, Morocco.

TOULOUSE, France, 23 Aug. 2011.Passenger turbopropregional aircraft manufacturer ATR in Toulouse, France, has delivered its first two ATR 72-600 70-seat passenger turboprop aircraft. The ATR 72-600 earned European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification last May. Its sister aircraft, the ATR 42-600, will be certified by the end of this year and is scheduled to enter service in 2012. The two-aircraft delivery is part of a 2009 order by Royal Air Maroc, the Moroccan national airline based in Casablanca, Morocco.The ATR 72-600 twin-engine turboprop has an avionics suite from Thales Group in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. The turboprop's avionics feature a new glass cockpit with five aircraft displays and new communications, navigation, and monitoring systems. The avionics also has a new flight management system (FMS), automatic pilot, alert management, and a new computer with aircraft maintenance functions.Royal Air Maroc will use the ATR 720-600s on its domestic and its nearest international network. The airline's 2009 order for four ATR 72-600s and two ATR 42-600s was worth $125 million. ATR is a joint venture Alenia Aeronautica in Rome and The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. (EADS) in Toulouse, France.

The ATR 72-600 has 2,750-horsepower Pratt & Whitney 127M engines, and can fly fully loaded for nearly 900 nautical miles in instrument-flight-rules conditions.

For more information contact ATR online at www.atraircraft.com, Royal Air Maroc at www.royalairmaroc.com, Alenia Aeronautica at www.alenia-aeronautica.it, or EADS at www.eads.com.

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