The ATR 42 is a regional airliner produced by Franco-Italian manufacturer ATR, with final assembly in Toulouse, France.

On 4 November 1981, the aircraft was launched with ATR, as a joint venture between French Aérospatiale (now Airbus) and Aeritalia (now Leonardo S.p.A.). The number "42" in its name is derived from the aircraft's original standard seating capacity of 42 passengers.

Civilian operators

First Air ATR 42–300 in Ikpiarjuk (Arctic Bay), Nunavut Canada in 2012
Swiftair ATR 42-300F at Palma de Mallorca Airport in 2012
Air Saint Pierre ATR 42-600 in 2021
Air Tahiti ATR 42-600 at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in 2013
Amakusa Airlines ATR 42-600 at Itami Airport in 2016
Olympic Air ATR 42-600 at Athens Airport in 2020
Silver Airways ATR 42-600

In July 2017, 232 ATR 42s were in airline service and 10 were in order backlog: 106 in Americas, 67 in Europe, 38 in Asia, Pacific and the Middle East, and 21 in Africa.[1]

Airline300320 420500600 600STotal
Aerogaviota 2 2
AfriJet 1 1
Air Antilles 41 5
Air Corsica 1 1
Air North31 4
Air Saint-Pierre 1 1
Air Tahiti 2 2
AirSWIFT 2 2
Alpha Star 1 1
Amakusa Airlines 1 1
Amelia International 1 1
American Jet1 1
Bahamasair 3 3
Berjaya Air 1 1
Blue Ridge Aero Services11 2
Buddha Air3 3
Calm Air41 5
Canadian North52 6 13
CEIBA Intercontinental1 1
Chalair Aviation 3 3
Cubana de Aviación 1 1
Danish Air Transport5 2 7
DAT LT 1 1
DHL de Guatemala1 1
DHL Ecuador1 1
Druk Air 1 1
EasyFly 212 14
Empire Airlines83 11
FedEx Express116 17
Fiji Link 1 1
Fleet Air International2 2
Flyme (Villa Air) 1 1
Gatari Air Service 2 2
Hello Airlines1 1
Hevilift1 4 5
Hevilift Australia 1 1
Hokkaido Air System 3 3
Indonesia Air Transport 1 1
InterCaribbean Airways 1 1
Japan Air Commuter 9 9
KrasAvia 5 5
La Costena2 2
LIAT 3 3
Libyan Airlines 2 2
Loganair 52 7
MAP Linhas Aéreas1 1 2
Mountain Air Cargo62 8
NyxAir 2 2
Olympic Air 3 3
Omni Taxi Aéreo 1 1
Oriental Air Bridge 1 1
Overland Airways22 4
Pakistan International Airlines 4 4
Pelita Air 1 1
Precision Air1 12 4
Rise Air2 1 3
SATENA 43 7
Silk Way West Airlines 1 1
Silver Airways 8 8
Sky Express (Greece) 4 4
Swiftair5 5
TAROM 3 3
Tiko Air1 1
Total Linhas Aéreas 1 1
Travira Air 1 1
Trigana Air22 1 5
Tropical Air2 2
Vensecar Internacional1 1
Voepass Linhas Aéreas 2 2
Wasaya Airways2 2
Zimex Aviation11 1 3
Zimex Aviation Austria2 2
Total6237 07560 0234

On 1 August 2017 Silver Airways placed orders for 20 ATR 42–600 aircraft, marking the entry of the −600 into the U.S. market,[2] with four in service as of the fourth quarter 2019.[3]

By November 2018, Loganair was to replace its Saab 340s and Saab 2000s, costly to operate and maintain, mostly the 2000, with around 20 ATR 42s over four to five years from the third quarter of 2019.[4]

Military operators

Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 Surveyor

As of August 2022, 6 ATR 42s were in military service.[5]

Government operators

Former operators

Croatia Airlines ATR 42-300QC

References

  1. "ATR 42/72 Production List". Flight Global. August 2017.
  2. "Silver Airways signs LOI for up to 50 ATR-600 series turboprops".
  3. "Silver Airways Launches ATR-600 Operations (+Video)". Airways Magazine. 2019-04-22. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  4. "Loganair plans to revamp fleet". Shetland News. 29 November 2018.
  5. Craig Hoyle (2016). "World Air Forces Directory 2017". FlightGlobal.
  6. Davis, Anthony (19 December 2017). "MAF's newly inducted aircraft to boost service's COIN capabilities". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  7. "L'ASECNA offre gracieusement un avion de type ATR42-300 au Sénégal". airactu.info. 31 December 2021.
  8. "Home". Air Lithuania. Archived from the original on 6 August 2002. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  9. "Airscene: Military Affairs: Poland". Air International. Vol. 62, no. 6. June 2002. p. 323. ISSN 0306-5634.
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