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ATR 42
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Key facts
- Type
- Turboprop Regional airliner
- National origin
- France / Italy
- Manufacturer
- ATR
- Status
- In Production/In Service
- Primary users
- FedEx Feeder Canadian North
- Manufactured
- 1984–present
- Introduction date
- 3 December 1985
- First flight
- 16 August 1984
- Developed into
- ATR 52 (unbuilt), ATR 72
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The ATR 42 is a regional airliner produced by Franco-Italian manufacturer ATR, with final assembly in Toulouse, France.
On 4 November 1981, the aircraft was launched with ATR, as a joint venture between French Aérospatiale (now part of Airbus) and Aeritalia (now Leonardo S.p.A.). The ATR 42-300 performed its maiden flight on 16 August 1984 and type certification was granted during September 1985. Launch customer Air Littoral operated its first revenue-earning flight in December of that year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ATR 42” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.