List of ATR 42 operators

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
Danish Air Transport ATR 42-320 at Copenhagen Airport in 2007
Air Antilles Express ATR 42-500 at Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport in 2012
Air Corsica ATR 42-500 at Saint-Nazaire Montoir Airport in 2019
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
Japan Air Commuter ATR 42-600
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]

Airline 300 320 420 500 600 600S Total
Aerogaviota 2 2
AfriJet 1 1
Air Antilles 4 1 5
Air Corsica 1 1
Air North 3 1 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 Jet 1 1
Bahamasair 3 3
Berjaya Air 1 1
Blue Ridge Aero Services 1 1 2
Buddha Air 3 3
Calm Air 4 1 5
Canadian North 5 2 6 13
CEIBA Intercontinental 1 1
Chalair Aviation 3 3
Cubana de Aviación 1 1
Danish Air Transport 5 2 7
DAT LT 1 1
DHL de Guatemala 1 1
DHL Ecuador 1 1
Druk Air 1 1
EasyFly 2 12 14
Empire Airlines 8 3 11
FedEx Express 11 6 17
Fiji Link 1 1
Fleet Air International 2 2
Flyme (Villa Air) 1 1
Gatari Air Service 2 2
Hello Airlines 1 1
Hevilift 1 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 Costena 2 2
LIAT 3 3
Libyan Airlines 2 2
Loganair 5 2 7
MAP Linhas Aéreas 1 1 2
Mountain Air Cargo 6 2 8
NyxAir 2 2
Olympic Air 3 3
Omni Taxi Aéreo 1 1
Oriental Air Bridge 1 1
Overland Airways 2 2 4
Pakistan International Airlines 4 4
Pelita Air 1 1
Precision Air 1 1 2 4
Rise Air 2 1 3
SATENA 4 3 7
Silk Way West Airlines 1 1
Silver Airways 8 8
Sky Express (Greece) 4 4
Swiftair 5 5
Tiko Air 1 1
Total Linhas Aéreas 1 1
Travira Air 1 1
Trigana Air 2 2 1 5
Tropical Air 2 2
Vensecar Internacional 1 1
Voepass Linhas Aéreas 2 2
Wasaya Airways 2 2
Zimex Aviation 1 1 1 3
Zimex Aviation Austria 2 2
Total 62 37 0 75 60 0 234

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
Aeromar ATR 42-320 at Querétaro Intercontinental Airport in 2009
Air France Hop ATR 42-500 at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in 2013

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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