US express shipment specialist FedEx has signed for the first ATR 72-600 to undergo conversion to a large-door freighter.

French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR has secured the largest African order with a purchase of 16 ATR 72-600 regional turboprop planes by Air Algérie. This deal also includes the delivery of an ATR ...

That would not be the first time an ATR 72 became uncontrollable in icy conditions. In November 2016, a Jet Time ATR 72-600, registered as OY-JZC, was operating SAS flight SK4144 when the pilots ...

ACIA Aero Leasing (ACIA) has sold the first ATR 72-600 Large Cargo Door (LCD) converted freighter to FedEx. ACIA "speculatively launched" the -600 series conversion programme in 2024 and the aircraft ...

Leveraging ACIA and IPRC’s track record of conversions across the entire ATR 72 regional aircraft family, this latest commitment will involve two ATR 72-600 Large Cargo Door (“LCD”) and one ...

ACIA Aero Leasing has signed an agreement to sell its first converted ATR 72-600 Large Cargo Door freighter to FedEx, marking ...

Powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney PW127M turboprop engines, the ATR-72-600 and its predecessors have been one of the most popular regional airliners in the world since their debut in 1989.

The Aseman Airlines ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, went down on Sunday in foggy weather, crashing into Mount Dena in southern Iran.

As the 72-500 variant becomes less available, Mooney thinks the first ATR 72-600 to undergo conversion was imminent. “It is strategic for ACIA and IPR as a group to be the first movers,” he says.

The GPS 3000 and GTX 3000 Garmin ADS-B Out solution for the ATR 42 and ATR 72 aircraft has received EASA approval and is available immediately. For additional information regarding the STC, ...

ATR has carried out a series of ground and flight trials using wholly-sustainable aviation fuel in one engine of a 72-600 test aircraft. The turboprop conducted 7h of flights with the 100% ...