ATR makes popular turboprop regional airliners that fly less popular routes. The aircraft maker offers two major models, the ATR 42 and ATR 72, and they compete against other aircraft like the CRJ 700 ...

Regional turboprop developer ATR and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) have announced a long-awaited upgrade plan for the ATR 42/72 based on an extensively improved derivative of the PW127 engine family ...

ATR is to re-engine its 42- and 72-600 twin-turboprops with a new update of the PW127 powerplant and has secured long-term operator Air Corsica as launch customer with an order for five aircraft. To ...

The PW127XT will be available in summer 2022 and will become the standard engine for all the ATR aircraft, including the ATR42-600S, the STOL variant now under development, the Toulouse-based ...

ATR has delivered the first ATR 72-600 twin-turboprop equipped with new Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127XT engines to Air Corsica, a milestone coming little more than a year since the update was unveiled.

More details are emerging at the Paris Air Show on how airframer ATR and engine-maker Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) plan to improve on the ATR 72-600 as they target 2035 for entry into service of a ...