ATR (aviation)

ATR

Type	Joint venture
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1981
Headquarters	Toulouse Blagnac International Airport Blagnac, France
Key people	Christian Scherer (CEO) Giorgio Moreni (CFO)
Number of employees	1080
Parent	Airbus Group (50%) Leonardo (50%)
Website	atraircraft.com

ATR (Aerei da Trasporto Regionale or Avions de transport régional; Regional Air Transport in English) is a French-Italian aircraft manufacturer headquartered on the grounds of Toulouse Blagnac International Airport in Blagnac, France. It was formed in 1981 by Aérospatiale of France (now Airbus Group) and Aeritalia (now Leonardo) of Italy. Its primary products are the ATR 42 and ATR 72 aircraft.

Alenia Aeronautica's manufacturing facilities in Pomigliano d'Arco, near Naples, Italy, produce the aircraft fuselage and tail sections. Aircraft wings are assembled at Sogerma in Bordeaux in western France by Airbus France. Final assembly, flight-testing, certification and deliveries are the responsibility of ATR in Toulouse, France.

For a 2,000-2,500 units demand over 20-year, developing a 90-seater would cost more than $5bn and should achieve at least a 30% fuel burn reduction and unit price had to stay in the low-to-mid-$20m, below small jets.