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ATR (aircraft manufacturer)

and still building

45 Years in business
Founded
1981
Founder
Not recorded
Headquarters
Toulouse Blagnac International Airport
Parent company
Airbus (50%), Leonardo (50%)
Employees
1,300
Products
ATR 42, ATR 72, ATR 72-600F

About the manufacturer

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.

This summary is adapted from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence. Build totals and largest customer are our own figures, shown with a source where we hold one.