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ATR is working on a "life extension" program of its aircraft
Toulouse, France - The company is an equal partnership of Alenia Aeronautica and Eads
ATR (Avions de Transport Régional) has launched an Ageing Structures Programme for its ATR-42 and ATR-72 aircraft to attain, in early 2005, the extension of the "Design Objective Life" for all ATR family aircraft models from the original 70,000 to 105,000 cycles. This would represent, with an average yearly utilization of 2,500 flight hours, an "economic life" of over 40 years. This life extension...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 63074
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency