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ATR 72 at Luang Prabang airport, Laos (passengers boarding by the rear door)]] landing]] airline Air Wales ]] ATR 72-200 at Bristol Airport ]] The Italian - French based Aircraft manufacturer Avions de Transport Régional ('''ATR''') was formed in 1981 , from the consortium formed by ''' Aérospatiale ''' of France (now EADS ) and ''' Aeritalia ''' (now ''' Alenia Aeronautica '''), of Italy . AIRCRAFT The ATR 42 and '''ATR 72''' are the two models of aircraft built by ATR. These models are twin- Turboprop short-haul regional Airliner s. The ATR 42 seats up to 60 passengers, while the ATR 72 seats 74 passengers. Both Aircraft are operated by a two person crew. The ATR 42 is the initial version and was announced in 1981, making its maiden flight on 16 August 1984 ; French and Italian approval (certification) followed in September 1985 and the first revenue earning flight was in December of 1985 . The ATR 72 is the basic ATR 42 stretched by 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) with modified wings, more powerful engines, greater fuel capacity and other increased dimensions compared with the ATR 42. The ATR 72 was announced at the 1985 Paris Air Show and made its maiden flight on October 27 1988 . Exactly one year after that, on October 27 , 1989 , commuter airline Kar Air of Finland became the first company to put the plane into service. In April of 2000 , ATR delivered its 600th ATR, an ATR 72-500 to Air Dolomiti. Customer airlines include Air New Zealand , Alitalia , Czech Airlines , JAT Airways , LOT Polish Airlines , Olympic Airlines , TAROM and Thai Airways International . ACCIDENTS
PRODUCTION LOCATIONS Alenia Aeronautica’s manufacturing facilities in Pomigliano near Naples , Italy , produce the aircraft fuselage and tail sections. Aircraft wings are assembled at EADS Sogerma Services in Bordeaux in western France for Airbus France. Final assembly, flight-testing, certification and deliveries are under the responsibility of ATR in Toulouse , France . Some of the main fuselage sections for the ATR are produced in China at Shaanxi aerospace facility, Xian. VARIANTS There are three variants of the ATR 72:
DELIVERIES As of March 2003, 685 ATR 42 have been ordered and 306 ATR 72, totalling 676 orders. Of these orders, 655 have been delivered. There are 109 operators of the ATR range (ATR 42 and ATR 72) in 72 countries. SPECIFICATIONS ATR 42 specifications are for the ATR 42-500.
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