ATR results for 2009

ATR, the Franco/Italian turboprop manufacturer based in Toulouse, delivered 54 aircraft last year, unveiled orders for 40 new aircraft plus 17 options (2008: 42 new aircraft plus 14 options).  It also confirmed the ATR ‘-600 series’ development programme is on track, with the first flight successfully achieved in 2009.  Since the beginning of the programme in 1984, ATR has now sold one thousand aircraft (418 ATR 42s and 582 ATR 72s).  In the last five years, ATR has booked net orders for 316 new aircraft, which represents almost a third of the total orders registered by the company. www.atraircraft.com

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