The ATR 42 is a regional airliner produced by Franco-Italian manufacturer ATR, with final assembly in Toulouse, France.
On 4 November 1981, the aircraft was launched with ATR, as a joint venture between French Aérospatiale (now Airbus) and Aeritalia (now Leonardo S.p.A.). The number "42" in its name is derived from the aircraft's original standard seating capacity of 42 passengers.
In July 2017, 232 ATR 42s were in airline service and 10 were in order backlog: 106 in Americas, 67 in Europe, 38 in Asia, Pacific and the Middle East, and 21 in Africa.[1]
| Airline | 300 | 320 | 420 | 500 | 600 | 600S | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| align=left | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| align=left | Air Antilles | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
| align=left | Air Corsica | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| align=left | Air North | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| align=left | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| align=left | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | |
| align=left | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | |
| align=left | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| align=left | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| align=left | Amelia International | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| align=left | American Jet | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| align=left | Bahamasair | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| align=left | Berjaya Air | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| align=left | Blue Ridge Aero Services | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| align=left | Buddha Air | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| align=left | Calm Air | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| align=left | Canadian North | 5 | 2 | – | 6 | – | – | 13 |
| align=left | CEIBA Intercontinental | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| align=left | Chalair Aviation | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| align=left | Cubana de Aviación | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| align=left | Danish Air Transport | 5 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 7 |
| align=left | DAT LT | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| align=left | DHL de Guatemala | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| align=left | DHL Ecuador | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| align=left | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| align=left | EasyFly | – | – | – | 2 | 12 | – | 14 |
| align=left | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 11 | |
| align=left | 11 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 17 | |
| align=left | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| align=left | Fleet Air International | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| align=left | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| align=left | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| align=left | Hello Airlines | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| align=left | Hevilift | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | 5 |
| align=left | Hevilift Australia | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| align=left | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | |
| align=left | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| align=left | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| align=left | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | 9 | |
| align=left | KrasAvia | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| align=left | La Costena | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| align=left | LIAT | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| align=left | Libyan Airlines | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| align=left | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | – | 7 | |
| align=left | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | |
| align=left | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 8 | |
| align=left | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| align=left | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | |
| align=left | Omni Taxi Aéreo | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| align=left | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | |
| align=left | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
| align=left | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| align=left | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| align=left | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | |
| align=left | Rise Air | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| align=left | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | |
| align=left | Silk Way West Airlines | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| align=left | Silver Airways | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | 8 |
| align=left | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| align=left | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | |
| align=left | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
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| align=left | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 5 | |
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| align=left | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| align=left | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
| align=left | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | |
| align=left | Zimex Aviation Austria | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Total | 62 | 37 | 0 | 75 | 60 | 0 | 234 |
On 1 August 2017 Silver Airways placed orders for 20 ATR 42–600 aircraft, marking the entry of the −600 into the U.S. market,[2] with four in service as of the fourth quarter 2019.[3]
By November 2018, Loganair was to replace its Saab 340s and Saab 2000s, costly to operate and maintain, mostly the 2000, with around 20 ATR 42s over four to five years from the third quarter of 2019.[4]
As of August 2022, 6 ATR 42s were in military service.[5]