Le Bourget (Paris) 18 June 2013
On the occasion of Paris international Airshow, ATR (the European JV between Alenia Aermacchi and EADS) and the leasing firm HGI Aircraft Division, signed a contract for the sale of 20 ATR 72-600s that will be introduced in the fleet of the Brazilian carrier Passaredo Linhas Aéreas. Of these, 10 are firm sales while 10 are options, for a total sum of US$ 482 million.
Filippo Bagnato, Chief Executive Officer of ATR, declared: “We are experiencing an extraordinary success in Brazil, where we have booked orders with regional carriers for some 50 ATRs within the last couple of years”.