ATR ‘determined to raise delivery rate’ as backlog reaches 160 units
ATR’s net orders reached 50 aircraft in 2025, bringing the company’s backlog to over 160 units.
The airframer reported a gross order intake of 60 aircraft in 2025, from nine customers across nine countries, including double-digit commitments from Air Algérie and UNI Air – 16 and 19 ATR 72-600s respectively.
At a special press conference, the manufacturer announced that it sold to 19 new operators across all continents over the last financial year, plus 10 brand-new aircraft were leased to airlines from lessors’ order books, including a ‘breakthrough’ order with the Ethiopian Airlines Group. The second-hand market was also particularly active throughout the year, with over 90 transactions recorded. Customer support and services achieved revenues of US$538 million. Overall, ATR generated $1.2 billion in revenues in 2025.
The year also saw important fleet developments, including major breakthroughs in North America, with JSX in the United States launching public charter operations with ATR 42-600s, and the certification and delivery of the first ATR -600 in Canada with Rise Air.
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“We do not measure the success of a transition year like 2025 on one number”, said Nathalie Tarnaud Laude, ATR’s Chief Executive Officer. “We are determined to raise our delivery rate; and that is why we have worked on concrete steps to address the issues that limited our output. We have strengthened every part of our organisation and laid the groundwork for a safe, sustainable and credible increase in production.”
The manufacturer continued investing throughout the year to stabilise its industrial system and prepare for its ramp-up from 2026 onwards.
“Tangible measures include improvements in Final Assembly Line flow, reopening of stations, a steady decline in part shortages – now down to one-third of early-2025 levels, alongside a close collaboration with our suppliers to get the end-to-end industrial system ready for ramp-up, targeting a 20% increase in deliveries this year compared to 2025” added Marion Smeyers, ATR’s SVP Operations & Procurement.
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