ATR

The French-Italian manufacturer achieves turnover of 1.44 billion dollars and
delivers 64 aircraft
It also holds the largest backlog of regional
aircraft
In 2012 ATR recorded its highest turnover, 1.44 billion dollars. The
turboprop aircraft manufacturer
also achieved a record annual delivery level
of 64 aircraft, an increase of 18% over 2011 deliveries. To
these results can
be added the sale in 2012 of 115 aircraft (74 firm orders and 41 options),
enabling
ATR to hold the largest backlog of all manufacturers of
up-to-90-seats regional aircraft. ATR thus
confirms its leading position as
leader in the regional market.
ATR recorded these 74 firm sales, plus 41
options, with 11 customers (see table 1). These sales
include contracts
enabling it to consolidate its leadership in Asia and the Pacific (Malaysia
Airlines,
TransAsia Airways, Lao Airlines, Avation) and open up new markets
in Central and South America
(Avianca-TACA).
ATR also renewed its success
with airlines operating island networks (Air Tahiti, LIAT in the
Caribbean)
and once again confirmed its appeal for aircraft leasing companies such as Air
Lease
Corporation (ALC), or Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC).
In Europe, ATR
for the first time delivered aircraft to an Austrian airline (InterSky) and once
again won
the confidence of the Irish airline Aer Arann.
Since the program
started in 1981, ATR has received net orders for 1,254 aircraft (437 ATR 42
and
817 ATR 72), more than half of them since 2005.
ATR successes are
driven by fast growing economies: out of the year’s 64 deliveries (see table
2),
nearly 65% were to airlines operating on fast growing economies, in
particular in Brazil, Indonesia and
Russia. This represents the results of a
long investment in these countries in which ATR has always
been very active
and in which it has always believed. Domestic transportation remains an
essential
part of these economic developments and ATR plays a significant
role to answer to this traffic
increase.
By the end of 2012, ATR had
delivered 1,033 aircraft (422 ATR 42 and 611 ATR 72).
Filippo Bagnato, Chief
Executive Officer of ATR, declared to be “very proud of ATR’s results in
2012,
of our ability to ramp-up production and of these new records, given
the current global economic
climate. Our production ramp-up in 2012 is a
perfect illustration of the strong market demand for ATR
aircraft”. And he
added: “We are delighted to contribute to customers and operator’s growth, that
face
traffic increase and fleet renewals by introducing the new ATR-600
series. Once again, this year, the
latest generation ATRs received the top
evaluation ratings, not only from the regional operators, but
also the
investors. The popularity of ATRs with leasing companies is a further
illustration of this. This
collaboration has enabled us to penetrate
strategic markets such as Japan, with the regional carrier
Link, where ATRs
have an outstanding potential”.
On 31 December 2012, ATR’s backlog stood at
221 aircraft, the largest backlog for regional aircraft
of aircraft up to 90
seats. These 221 aircraft have a value of more than 5 billion dollars and
represent
61% of the aircraft overall backlog up to 90 seats. They also
insure nearly three years of production for
ATR.
In June 2012, ATR
obtained EASA certification for the ATR 42-600, which is already in service.
ATR
is at present the only manufacturer offering a range of 50 and 70 seater
aircraft. The new -600 series
of the ATR is the most recently certified aircraft in its category and benefits from the latest innovations
in terms of
navigation and communication aids as well as passenger comfort. Despite this
recent
certification, the new ATR -600 series have already registered more
than 280 orders.
Filippo Bagnato stated: “The new ATR-600 series is currently
the most modern aircraft on the regional
market and its commercial success
underlines its ability to meet the demands and needs of airlines
worldwide,
operating on shorter regional routes. In line with our policy of continued
product
development, we are looking to continue to upgrade our range of
products and will shortly be
introducing more innovations to further boost
the performance and efficiency of our aircraft. These
developments will
enable tomorrow’s ATRs to carry navigation and communication systems
capable
of integrating the very latest traffic management and optimized
airport approach functionalities”.
Buoyed by the growth of its aircraft sales
around the world, ATR continued in 2012 to expand its
operator support
network, opening new pilot training centers in Johannesburg, South Africa, and
in
Singapore. Moreover, a new ATR customer support office has been opened in
Sao Paulo to support
the increasing presence of ATRs in Latin America, and
especially in Brazil.
About ATR:
Founded in 1981, ATR has become the world
leader on the market for regional aircraft with 90 seats
or less. Since its
creation, ATR has sold over 1,200 aircraft. Its customer base today comprises
more
than 180 operators in over 90 countries. ATR planes have totaled over 21
million flight hours. ATR is
an equal partnership between two major European
aeronautics players, Alenia Aermacchi (a
Finmeccanica Group company) and
EADS. Its head office is in Toulouse. ATR is ISO 14001 certified.

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