industry aerospace founded 1981 headquarters toulouse blagnac international airport blagnac france key people patrick de castelbajac ceo giorgio moreni cfo number of employees 1080 parent airbus group 50 % leonardo finmeccanica 50 % website atraircraft.com atr42 512 a2 abn air botswana in 2014 atr aerei da trasporto regionale or avions de transport r gional ; regional air transport in english is a french italian aircraft manufacturer headquartered on the grounds of toulouse blagnac international airport in blagnac france . 1 it was formed in 1981 by a rospatiale of france now airbus group and aeritalia now alenia aermacchi of italy . 2 its primary products are the atr 42 and atr 72 aircraft . contents 1 manufacturing 2 history 3 products 4 proposed 5 references 6 external links manufacturing edit 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 . 3 history edit atr 72 of flybe nordic 1988 delivered the 100th atr to trans world express in august . atr 100th aircraft 1990 delivered the 200th atr to thai airways thailand on september 13 . atr 200th aircraft 1992 delivered the 300th atr to karair finland in september . atr 300th aircraft 1997 delivered the 500th atr to american eagle usa on september 5 . atr 500th aircraft 2000 delivered the 600th atr to air dolomiti italy on april 28 atr 72 500 . atr 600th aircraft 2006 delivered the 700th aircraft to air deccan india on september 8 atr 72 500 . atr 700th aircraft 2010 delivered the 900th aircraft to trip linhas a reas brasil on september 10 . atr 72 500 trip linhas a reas . 4 2012 delivered the 1 000th aircraft to air nostrum spain on may 3 . atr 1000th aircraft products edit atr 42 atr 72 proposed edit atr 82 during the mid 1980s the company investigated a 78 seat derivative of the atr 72 . this would have been powered by two allison ae2100 turboprops turbofans were also studied for a time and would have a cruising speed as high as 330 knots 610 km h ; 380 mph . the atr 82 project as it was dubbed was suspended when ai r was formed in early 1996 . 5 atr stretch in 2007 as a response to the q400x proposal atr floated the idea of a 90 99 seater stretch . 6 as of 2009 it was considered as part of the future 900 series atr family . 7 in 2011 the 90 seater proposal was brought to its shareholders as a proposal . 8 as of 2012 a new clean sheet design has been considered in the 90 seat segment for a 2017 launch . 9 references edit contact . atr . retrieved on 15 may 2010 . atr milestones archived august 1 2008 at the wayback machine . atr home page . atraircraft.com . 2012 09 23 . retrieved 2012 10 10 . atr makes 900th delivery . archived from the original on 15 september 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 10 . atr 82 information . airliners.net . retrieved 16 august 2011 . kingsley jones max . atr floats idea of stretched model to tackle 90 seat sector . flight international 2007 november 14 . retrieved 13 february 2009 . o keefe niall . prop manufacturers ponder larger offerings flight international 8 june 2009 ; retrieved 29 september 2012 . kaminski morrow david . atr more certain over prospects for 90 seat turboprop flight international 18 june 2011 ; retrieved 29 september 2012 . trimble stephen . in focus turboprop engine duel strikes up for 90 seater flight international 2012 february 27 . retrieved 29 september 2012 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to avions de transport r gional . official website france portal italy portal companies portal aviation portal v t e leonardo finmeccanica subsidiaries and joint ventures agustawestland alenia aermacchi atr bell agusta aerospace company drs technologies ngl prime spa oto melara quadrics selex es selex sistemi integrati telespazio telespazio vega thales alenia space people mauro moretti retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title atr aircraft manufacturer & oldid 737036085 categories airbus group joint venturesalenia aermacchimultinational aircraft manufacturersfrance italy relationshidden categories articles with wayback machine linkspages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages bosanski e tinadanskdeutscheesti espa olfran ais hrvatskibahasa indonesiaitaliano bahasa melayunederlands norsk bokm lpolskiportugu s sloven ina srpskisrpskohrvatski suomisvenska t rk e ti ng vi t edit links this page was last modified on 31 august 2016 at 10 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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