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Takeoff Run at MTOW: 1,165 m (3,822 ft)

Aer Arann (8 + 8 on order) as a franchise of Aer Lingus Regional. Aero Caribbean (5) Air Algrie (12) Air Austral (3) Myanma Airways (3) Yangon Airways (3) Air Bagan (3) Yangon Airways (3) Air KBZ (7) Air Mandalay (2) Asian Wings Airways (3) Air Botswana (2) Air Caldonie (2) Air Carabes (3) Air Contractors (12) Air Dolomiti (10) Air Madagascar (2) Air Mauritius (2) Air New Zealand (11 + 12 on order)

Mount Cook Airline as a subsidiary of Air New Zealand. Air Nostrum (5) Air SaintPierre (1) Air Tahiti (7) Air Vanuatu (1) Airlinair (8) Alsie Express (2) Arkia Israel Airlines (5) Aurigny Air Services (3) Avanti Air (1) Avianca Holding (15) AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines (4) Azul Brazilian Airlines (20)[23] Bangkok Airways (8) Belle Air (1) Buddha Air (3) Berjaya Air (4) B&H Airlines (2)

Binter Canarias (19) BoraJet Turkey (4) BQB Lneas Areas (2) Calm Air (2) Cambodia Angkor Air (2) Cape Air (2) Caribbean Airlines (5) Carpatair (2) CCM Airlines (6) Cebu Pacific (8) Ceiba Intercontinental (2) China Southern Airlines (5) Conviasa (7) DanubeWings (3) Danish Air Transport (2) Dutch Antilles Express (2 + 4 on order ) Empire Airlines (7) EuroLOT (10) Farnair Switzerland (12) FedEx Express (21) Firefly (12) First Air

Line drawings of ATR

ATR 72-500 at Joensuu Airport

Caribbean ATR 72-600

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(2) Flybe Nordic (10 + 2 on order) Fly540 (1 (Ghana) Garuda Indonesia (25 on order) Golden Air (5) Halcyonair (2) Helitt Lneas Areas (3) Iran Aseman Airlines (5) Island Air (1) Islas Airways (5) Israir (2) Jat Airways (5) Jet Airways (20) Kal Star Aviation (3) Lao Airlines (4) LIAT (2 + 3 on order 2 options) MASwings (10) Malindo Air (1) Merpati Nusantara Airlines (1) Mountain Air Cargo (9) operated for FedEx Express Naysa Aerotaxis (10) operated for Binter Canarias Nok Air (2) OLT Express (9) Oman Air (2) Passaredo Linhas

Areas (6) Precision Air (5) Royal Air Maroc (4) Royal Thai Air Force (4) Satena (1) Safair (unk)[24] Sevenair (3) Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (11+ 7 on order & 8 options) operated on wet lease for Virgin Australia Swiftair (13) Syrian Air (2) TACV Cabo Verde Airlines (2) Tarom (2) TransAsia Airways (9) Trigana Air Service (3) TRIP Linhas Areas (20) United Airways (3) Overland Airways (2) UNI Air (2) UTair Aviation (17) UTair-Ukraine (5) Villa Air (1) Vietnam Airlines (16, 2 leased by Cambodia Angkor Air) 2 operated on wet lease for VASCO

Wings Air (17 + 43 on order)[25] Major firm orders include: Overland Airways (5) Air Nostrum (10) as a franchise for Iberia Azul Brazilian Airlines (20, with 20 options)[26] Carpatair as a franchise for Alitalia CityLiner (2) Cebu Pacific (2, with 8 options) Firefly (20) Finncomm Airlines (3) Garuda Indonesia (25) Hansung Airlines (20) Kingfisher Airlines (38) MASwings (16) Pantanal Linhas Areas (2) Royal Air Maroc Express (8) as a franchise for Royal Air Maroc Skywest Airlines (18) to be operated by under wet lease for Virgin Australia[27]) Wings Air (43)[25][28]

Former civil operators


Denmark Cimber Sterling (4) Gabon Air Gabon Germany Contact Air Eurowings Greece Olympic Airlines

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Italy Alitalia Express New Zealand Origin Pacific Airways United Kingdom Cityflyer Express

Military operators
Thailand Royal Thai Air Force Turkey Turkish Navy[29][30] Pakistan Pakistan Naval Air Arm[31]

On 31 October 1994, American Eagle Flight 4184, a ATR 72-212 crashed due to icing in Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board. The accident had a significant effect on procedures for dealing with ATR in-flight icing as well as US airlines' utilization of ATR aircraft in specific geographical areas. After a period of mandatory grounding, American Eagle and Delta Connection permanently stopped using the aircraft on temperate routes. Since the Eagle incidents, ATR had improved the anti-ice boots,[32] though ice-related incidents continued with the type, including a 2002 crash (see below) and a 2009 event where a smaller ATR-42 variant crashed during landing, in icy conditions.[33] Despite this, ATRs are still used in European markets, including the Nordic countries. The ATR is also operated in the High Arctic by various Canadian Airlines. On 21 December 2002, TransAsia Airways (TNA) cargo flight 791, an ATR 72200, crashed due to icing during flight from Taipei to Macau. Both crew members were killed. The aircraft encountered severe icing conditions beyond the icing certification envelope of the aircraft and crashed into sea 17 km southwest of Makung city. The Aviation Safety Council of Taiwan investigation found that the crash was caused by ice accumulation around the aircraft's major components, resulting in the aircraft's loss of control. The investigation identified that flight crew did not respond to the severe icing conditions with the appropriate alert situation awareness and did not take the necessary actions.[34] On 6 August 2005, Tuninter Flight 1153, a Tuninter ATR 72-202 en route from Bari, Italy, to Djerba, Tunisia, ditched in the Mediterranean Sea about 18 miles (29 km) from the city of Palermo. Sixteen of the 39 people on board died. The accident resulted from engine fuel exhaustion due to the installation of fuel quantity indicators designed for the ATR 42 in the larger ATR 72.[35] On 24 August 2008, an Air Dolomiti ATR 72-500 en route from Munich, Germany, to Bologna, Italy, aborted take off after the pilot announced a smoke alarm. The airline treated the aircraft's evacuation as a mild incident. On 26 August, an amateur video, filmed by a bystander, showed 60 passengers jumping from and fleeing the burning aircraft before fire department workers extinguished the flames.[36]

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On 4 August 2009, Bangkok Airways Flight 266, an ATR 72-212A from Bangkok Airways skidded into a disused tower at the airport on Koh Samui. The pilot of the aircraft died and 10 passengers were injured. On 10 November 2009, Kingfisher Airlines Flight 4124, operated by ATR 72-212A VT-KAC skidded off the runway after landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, subsequently damaging the nose section severely. The aircraft came to a halt just a few metres away from the fuel tanks of the airport. All 46 passengers and crew escaped unharmed.[37] On 4 November 2010, Aero Caribbean Flight 883, operated by an ATR 72212, with 61 passengers and seven crew members, crashed at Guasimal, Cuba, while en route from Santiago de Cuba to Havana. All 68 people on board were killed. The accident was due to the prevailing meteorological conditions and to the wrong decisions taken by the crew.[38] The flight was due in Havana at 7:50 p.m. but had reported an emergency and lost contact with air traffic control at 5:42 p.m.[39] On 17 July 2011, Aer Arann ATR 72-212 EI-SLM was damaged beyond economical repair when the nose gear collapsed on landing at Shannon International Airport, Ireland. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Manchester Airport, United Kingdom. There were no injuries amongst the four crew and 21 passengers on board.[40] On 13 February 2012 Danish Air Transport DX627, operated by an ATR72-200 with 16 passengers en route from Bergen to Moss (Oslo) Airport Rygge had trouble with the front landing wheel and performed an emergency landing at Rygge Airport. All passengers and crew escaped unharmed.[41] On 2 April 2012, UTair Flight 120, a ATR 72-201 crashed soon after takeoff from Roschino International Airport in western Siberia. 33 of the 43 passengers and crew on board were killed (10 survivors);[42] the crash is still under investigation. The flight was from Tyumen to Surgut with 39 passenger and four crew members. On 2 February 2013, a Carpatair ATR 72212A flying on behalf of Alitalia crashed at Leonardo da VinciFiumicino Airport in Rome while landing after a flight from Pisa. Sixteen people were injured, two seriously, including the co-pilot. During the interval between the crash that Saturday evening and sunrise on Sunday, the turboprop - which had worn Alitalia's green, white and red livery - was repainted entirely in white.[43]

Related development ATR 42 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era Bombardier Dash 8 Series 400 British Aerospace ATP CASA C-295 CASA 3000 Fokker 50 Handley Page Herald Antonov An-140 Ilyushin Il-114 Xian MA600 NAMC YS-11 Saab 2000 Indian Regional Jet

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