Leading regional aircraft manufacturer ATR will be showcasing its latest products and services at Wings India 2022 from 24-27 March (Booth n°1, Hall A).

The manufacturer has recently launched a new engine variant – the PW127XT, which will bring down fuel burn and engine maintenance costs even further – respectively by 3% and 20% –, reinforcing ATR’s position as the most economical and sustainable aircraft on the market.

ATR SVP Commercial, Fabrice Vautier, said: “Turboprops are the proven choice for a highly competitive, low fare environment such as the Indian regional market, where the trip and seat costs of regional jets are too high to compete. Even going beyond the Regional Connectivity Scheme, ATR aircraft are the perfect tool to serve thin point-to-point routes profitably, essentially because they are the most efficient aircraft on short thin routes, and there is still a big potential in India to link secondary cities between themselves, where passenger flows are not big enough for larger modules to be relevant.”

With 61 aircraft flying in India, operated by four airlines, which served 90 destinations and opened 39 new routes in 2021, ATR turboprops have been supporting socio-economic growth in the country since 1999, serving both large metro airports and small regional airfields, and providing essential connectivity to thousands of communities.

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