List of ATR 42 operators
| Company type | Joint venture |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Predecessor | Aérospatiale, Aeritalia |
| Founded | 1981-11-04 |
| Headquarters | Toulouse , France |
| Products | Regional aircraft (ATR 42) |
The ATR 42 is a regional aircraft developed by the Franco-Italian aerospace company ATR, with its final assembly taking place in Toulouse, France.
Introduced on 4 November 1981, ATR is a collaborative enterprise formed by the French company Aérospatiale (currently part of Airbus) and the Italian firm Aeritalia (now known as Leonardo S.p.A.). The designation "42" corresponds to the aircraft's initial passenger capacity of 42 seats.
Civilian operators
As of July 2017, there were 232 ATR 42 aircraft actively operating within commercial airlines, alongside an outstanding order backlog of 10 units. These were distributed geographically as follows: 106 in the Americas, 67 across Europe, 38 within Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, and 21 in Africa.
| Airline | 300 | 320 | 420 | 500 | 600 | 600S | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerogaviota | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| AfriJet | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Air Antilles | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
| Air Corsica | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Air North | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Air Saint-Pierre | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Air Tahiti | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| AirSWIFT | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
On August 1, 2017, Silver Airways placed an order for twenty ATR 42–600 aircraft, marking the introduction of the −600 variant into the United States market; by late 2019, four had entered operational service.
By November 2018, Loganair announced plans to phase out its Saab fleet, which was costly to maintain, replacing it with approximately twenty ATR 42 aircraft over a four to five-year period starting in the third quarter of 2019.
Military operators
As of August 2022, six ATR 42 aircraft were utilized for military purposes:
- Colombian Navy: one unit
- Nigerian Air Force: two maritime patrol aircraft (MPAs)
- Myanmar Air Force: three special mission variants
- Senegalese Air Force: one unit
Government operators
- French Service des avions français instrumentés pour la recherche en environnement operates an ATR42-320 dedicated to environmental research (registration F-HMTO)
- Indonesian Directorate General of Marine and Fisheries Resources Surveillance employs an ATR 42-320 operated by Trigana Air (registration PK-YRE)
- Italian Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard operates three maritime patrol versions
- Italian Guardia di Finanza maintains five maritime patrol aircraft
- Senegalese agency Asecna
Former operators
- Aer Lingus Regional
- Aero Trasporti Italiani
- Aeromar
- Air France Hop, which operated thirteen ATR 42-500s
- Air Lithuania, which flew three ATR 42-300s
- Air Littoral
- Air Mandalay, with a fleet including two ATR 42-300s and two ATR 42-320s
- American Eagle Airlines
- Aces Colombia
- Bangkok Airways
- Canadian Regional Airlines
- Colombian Air Force
- Colombian National Police
- Croatia Airlines
- Finncomm Airlines
- Gabonese Air Force
- Inter-Canadien
- Iran Aseman Airlines, which operated one ATR 42-300
- Israir
- The former Libyan Air Force (1951–2011), which flew one maritime patrol variant
- Línea Turística Aereotuy
- Nordic Regional Airlines
- Nusantara Air Charter
- The Polish Air Force leased a single ATR 42-300 for six months in 2002
- Royal Air Maroc, which operated four ATR 42-300s
- Ryanair, with three ATR 42-300s and one ATR 42-320 in its history
- SBA Airlines, operating two ATR 42-300s and twelve ATR 42-320s
- Si Fly, which flew three ATR 42-300s
- Thai Airways
- TransAsia Airways
- West Wind Aviation
- Ohana by Hawaiian