ATR launches engine update, Air Corsica launch customer

During the Dubai Air Show, ATR has announced it will update the engines it offers on its ATR42s and -72s with the Pratt & Whitney PW127XT engine. This latest version of the PW127 will be the standard engine on the ATR42/72 and will be first delivered in November next year. Compared to the current engines on the ATR42/72-600, the new PW127XT offers a 20% reduction in maintenance costs and a 3% reduction in fuel burn.

Air Corsica is the first airline to order the newly engined ATRs and has placed an order for five ATR72-600s. The first is scheduled to be handed over in November 2022 and the new ATRs will replace the airline's current fleet of five ATR72-600s. Next to the ATR72s, Air Corsica also operates a single ATR42-500, four A320s and two A320neos.

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