ATP Nears Extinction As West Atlantic Retires Its Fleet

ATP

West Atlantic Cargo Airlines was the last operator of the British Aerospace ATP.

Credit: Alan Dron/Aviation Week Network
LONDON—Swedish mail and express cargo specialist West Atlantic Cargo Airlines has retired its last seven British Aerospace ATP-Fs, which are the final examples of the twin turboprop in commercial service. “We retired the ATP from our active fleet on Feb. 24, when we had the last commercial flight,”...
Victoria Moores

Victoria Moores joined Air Transport World as our London-based European Editor/Bureau Chief on 18 June 2012. Victoria has nearly 20 years’ aviation industry experience, spanning airline ground operations, analytical, journalism and communications roles.

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