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Aérospatiale ATR 72-600
Aérospatiale
ATR 72-600
Role Turboprop regional airliner
National origin France/Italy
Manufacturer ATR
First flight 27 October 1988
Introduction 27 October 1989 (Finnair)
Status In production, In service
Primary users Wings Air
IndiGo
Azul Linhas Aereas
Air New Zealand
Produced 1988–present
Number built 1,000 as of 17 July 2018
Developed from ATR 42
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History Aérospatiale ATR 72-600.
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During the 1980s, French aerospace company Aérospatiale and Italian aviation conglomerate Aeritalia merged their work on a new generation of regional aircraft. A new jointly owned company, ATR, was established to develop, manufacture, and market their first airliner, which was later designated as the ATR 42. On 16 August 1984, the first model of the series, designated as the ATR 42-300, performed the type's maiden flight. During the mid-1980s, the ATR 72 was developed as a stretched variant of the ATR 42. On 27 October 1989, Finnish airline Finnair became the first airline to operate the type in revenue service. The ATR 72 has also been used as a corporate transport, cargo aircraft, and maritime patrol aircraft.
During the mid-1980s, ATR sought to introduce a larger airliner with increased capacity over its earlier products.[2] This new regional airliner, designated as the ATR 72, was directly developed from the earlier ATR 42 and had much in common with it; the principal difference between the two airliners was an increase in the maximum seating capacity from 48 to 78 passengers. This was principally achieved by stretching the fuselage by 4.5 m (15 ft), along with an increase of the wingspan, the use of more powerful engines, and increased fuel capacity by about 10%.0
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General characteristics
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- Crew: 4 (captain, first officer, 2 flight attendants)
- Capacity: 72 seats at 74-centimetre (29 in) pitch standard, 2–2 abreast
- Length: 27.17 m (89 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 27.05 m (88 ft 9 in)
- Width: 2.57 m (8 ft 5 in) (cabin, maximum)
- Height: 7.65 m (25 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 61.0 m2 (657 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 12
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- Empty weight: 13,311 kg (29,346 lb) Typical in-service: 13,600 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 23,000 kg
- Fuel capacity: 5,000 kg (11,000 lb)
- Max payload: 7,400 kg (16,313 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127XT-M , 1,846 kW (2,475 shp) each
- Propellers: 6-bladed Hamilton Sundstrand 568F, 3.93 m (12 ft 11 in) diameter
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Specifications
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- Cruise speed: 510 km/h (320 mph, 280 kn) TAS
- Range: 1,528 km (949 mi, 825 nmi) typical in-service OEW,
- Service ceiling: 7,600 m
- Rate of climb: 6.88 m/s
- Fuel consumption: 1.49 kg/km
- Take-off field length: 1,315 m
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The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop, short-haul regional airliner.
Airbus Aérospatiale
ATR 72-600.
The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop, short-haul regional airliner.
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