China has certified the ATR 42-600 regional turboprop, Franco-Italian planemaker ATR said on Tuesday in a long-awaited announcement coinciding with the start of the Zhuhai Airshow. The decision by ...

French airframer ATR has officially launched flight testing of the successor to its ATR 42-500 turboprop aircraft, the ATR 42-600. ATR unveiled the -600 variant for its ATR 42 and 72 models in late ...

ATR is intending to enable operators to move more easily towards paperless cockpits as part of an effort to further refine its turboprop models. Filippo Bagnato, chief executive of the Toulouse-based ...

The elementary parts of the ATR 42's rear fuselage are manufactured in China by Xian Aircraft, a subsidiary of Avic, which also works on the aircraft's outer metallic wingbox. Credit: ATR In the span ...