| Type | Joint venture |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | Toulouse Blagnac International Airport Blagnac, France |
| Key people | Filippo Bagnato (CEO) |
| Employees | 570 (?) |
| Parent | EADS (50%) Finmeccanica (Alenia) (50%) |
| Website | atraircraft.com |
ATR (Aerei da Trasporto Regionale or Avions de Transport Régional) is an Italian-French aircraft manufacturer headquartered on the grounds of Toulouse Blagnac International Airport in Blagnac, France surburb of Toulouse.[1] It was formed in 1981 by Aérospatiale of France (now EADS) and Aeritalia (now Alenia Aeronautica) of Italy.[2] Its primary products are the ATR 42 and ATR 72 aircraft.
During the mid-1980s, the company investigated a 78 seat derivative of the ATR 72. This would have been powered by two Allison AE2100 turboprops (turbofans were also studied for a time) and would have a cruising speed as high as 330kt. The ATR-82 project (as it was dubbed) was suspended when AI(R) was formed in early 1996.[3]
Alenia Aeronautica's manufacturing facilities in Pomigliano d'Arco, near Naples, Italy, produce the aircraft fuselage and tail sections. Aircraft wings are assembled at EADS Sogerma in Bordeaux in western France for Airbus France. Final assembly, flight-testing, certification and deliveries are the responsibility of ATR in Toulouse, France.[4]
In September 2010, ATR delivered its 900th aircraft - an ATR 72-500 - to TRIP Linhas Aéreas.[5]
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