ATR 72

An ATR 72-600 prototype performed a series of ground and flight tests with one of its turboprop engines running on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Emerald Airlines will initially offer 11 routes from Dublin under a franchise agreement with Aer Lingus.

The routes will add mobility between the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

The LCC’s domestic expansion continues with the addition of a new point in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

The Nigerian airline’s first route will launch on Aug. 12.

Vietnam Airlines is considering whether to set up a dedicated air freight operation and has also decided to sell ATR 72-500s.

Universal Hydrogen will retrofit ATR 72 and de Havilland Canada Dash 8 regional turboprops operated by Icelandair, Air Nostrum and Ravn Alaska with hydrogen fuel-cell power trains.

Spanish regional airline startup UEP Fly is planning to put tickets on sale in the coming days ahead of its launch of ATR 72-500 flights on July 15.

Sky Express said it would be able to optimize connectivity to the islands of Greece using the newer, more sustainable regional turboprop.

Boeing is teaming with Germany’s Lufthansa Technik and defense electronics company ESG to provide support for a potential German purchase of the P-8 Poseidon maritime-patrol aircraft.

The Swedish carrier plans to begin flights to Denmark’s second-largest city later this summer.

Nigerian startup to begin domestic services with an ATR 72-600.

US regional carrier Silver Airways is adding New Orleans to its route map from June.

ATR’s earlier hopes that regional turboprops would spearhead the recovery have yet to materialize, and management now only expects a slight upturn this year on the extremely slow sales it reported for 2020.

Four new services are being launched by the Scottish airline, including the resumption of a former Flybe route.

Cebu Pacific’s Cebgo is expanding its domestic network with flights between Manila and Surigao.

Azul is planning to expand its new regional operation as it works toward a goal of serving 200 destinations in Brazil.

The global economic context is unfavorable for everything in aviation except maybe for one thing: the delivery of a new freighter.

FedEx Express on Dec. 15 received the first ATR 72-600F freighter, a new version ATR launched in 2017 thanks to a firm order from the delivery giant for 30 of the type.

Turkey’s Navy has finally begun taking delivery of its Meltem-III maritime patrol aircraft based on the ATR 72 turboprop airliner.

Regional turboprop manufacturer ATR is ready to start training pilots on a new piece of commercial aviation safety equipment—an enhanced vision system (EVS) and accompanying head-mounted display.

The purpose-built freighter variant of the ATR 72-600 made its first flight Sep. 16 in Toulouse, as part of a program ATR hopes will culminate with the first delivery to Fedex by year-end.

Bangladesh’s US-Bangla Airlines has leased two ATR 72-600s from Singapore-based lessor Avation PLC.

Air Corsica is evaluating potential ATR 72 service from the Mediterranean island, located south east of the French mainland and west of the Italian Peninsula.

Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) announced Dec. 12 it will stop operations from Dec. 13, as a result of mounting financial pressure.