ATR has handed over the first of 30 factory-built ATR 72-600 Freighters to launch customer FedEx Express, with the twin-turboprop to make its commercial debut on European routes in the coming weeks.

ATR has flown the first example of its newly-developed 72-600 freighter, a purpose-built cargo version of its larger turboprop. The aircraft was launched three years ago with an order for up to 50 ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACIA Aero Leasing (“ACIA”), a leading provider of regional aircraft leasing and lease management services, and IPR Conversions (Switzerland) Limited (“IPRC”), a Supplemental ...

LYON, France—The purpose-built freighter variant of the ATR 72-600 made its first flight Sep. 16 in Toulouse, as part of a program ATR hopes will culminate with the first delivery to FedEx by year-end ...

ATR recorded 60 gross orders (50 net) from nine customers, with a backlog of over 160 aircraft, welcomed 19 new operators, and achieved US$1.2 billion in ...

FedEx has bought its first passenger ATR 72-600 as feedstock for conversion under the new IPR Conversions large-cargo-door ATR 72-600F STC.

In a sign of the continuing attractiveness of the cargo market, regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) plans to buy a series of freighter conversion kits for the ATR 72-600 turboprop.

KF Aerospace has converted an ATR 72-500 aircraft to cargo configuration and painted it with the Purolator logo. (Photo: KF Aerospace) Purolator, Canada’s largest overnight parcel carrier and a large ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, announced today the delivery of the first ATR 72-600F ...

PARIS, Nov 8 (Reuters) - ATR, the world's largest maker of turboprop planes, announced on Wednesday an order from FedEx Express for up to 50 of its 72-600F freighter planes. ATR, which is a joint ...