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Development Of ATR 72-600F Freighter Now Underway

ATR and FedEx have found a business case for a new freighter version of a turboprop

Dec 1, 2017 Thierry Dubois and Jens Flottau | Aviation Week & Space Technology

For ATR, obtaining the order from FedEx Express for 30 new ATR 72-600F freighters posed a double challenge. The first one has already been met because signing the contract confirmed the package carrier determined that the business case for a new aircraft—as opposed to converting a secondhand one—was convincing. The second challenge involves developing and certifying the cargo variant of the regional turboprop in two years. The sales agreement is an important one for the ...

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Mesin Servis Hi...

on Dec 1, 2017

The 2 years allocated for this project is very comfortable as I suspect ATR has finished more than half of the design and engineering of all the changes from a green aircraft. The only real challenge would be the smoke detection system for the class E compartment which may present some challenges.
Mehmet F. Yenice