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Also known as Avions de Transport Régional, Aerei da Trasporto Regionale, Avions de Transport Regional
aircraft manufacturer
Key facts
- Trade name
- ATR
- Native name
- Avions de Transport Régional ( French ) Aerei da Trasporto Regionale ( Italian )
- Company type
- Joint venture
- Traded as
- ATR
- Industry
- Aerospace
- Founded
- 1981 ; 45 years ago ( 1981 )
- Headquarters
- Toulouse Blagnac International Airport , Blagnac , France
- Key people
- Nathalie Tarnaud Laude ( CEO )
- Products
- ATR 42 , ATR 72 , ATR 72-600F
- Revenue
- US$ 1.2 billion (2023)
- Number of employees
- >1,300 (2017)
- Parent
- Airbus (50%), Leonardo (50%)
- Website
- www .atr-aircraft .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
ATR (French: Avions de Transport Régional, Italian: Aerei da Trasporto Regionale, lit. 'Regional Transport Airplanes') is a Franco-Italian aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Blagnac, France, a suburb of Toulouse. The company was founded in 1981 as a joint venture (known as an Economic Interest Group or GIE under French law) between Aérospatiale of France (now Airbus) and Aeritalia (now Leonardo) of Italy. Its main products are the ATR 42 and ATR 72 aircraft. ATR has sold more than 1,700 aircraft and has over 200 operators in more than 100 countries.
Manufacturing
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