Forty years ago, on Dec. 2, 1985, ATR delivered its first aircraft, an ATR 42-300 to Air Littoral. Therefore, this week’s Flight Friday looks at how the ATR 42 and the larger version, the ATR 72, have ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator will be getting a new passenger aircraft next year. The French and Italian ATR 42, a turboprop passenger airliner, is in development now thanks to a partnership between ...

The ATR 42-600 pre-series aircraft successfully took to the sky for the first time today in Toulouse. The aircraft, powered with Pratt & Whitney 127M engines, took off at 3.00 pm (local time) and ...

Turboprop manufacturer ATR has conducted the maiden flight of a short take-off variant of its ATR 42-600 from Francazal airport near Toulouse. The 30- to 50-seat aircraft, designated the 42-600S, is ...

Nov 8 (Reuters) - 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.

Chinese civil aviation regulators have validated the type certificate of the ATR 42-600, clearing the turboprop for operations in the country. Clearance by the Civil Aviation Administration of China ...