Toulouse, 17 December 2002
The European Consortium ATR (Avions de Transport Régional) announces that the ATR 42-500 has been chosen by the national carrier of the Arab Republic of Egypt for the start up of a domestic shuttle service between Cairo and Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheik and Luxor.
These aircraft will enhance domestic travel in Egypt by providing several daily flights for the benefit of Egyptian passengers as well as foreign tourist and business travellers.
Six ATR 42-500s have been taken on a lease agreement including crew members in order to commence operations at the beginning of December 2002.
Egyptair operates more than 400 flights weekly to various domestic and international destinations. The airline’s fleet includes 25 Airbus aircraft as well as Boeing.
Since the beginning of the programme ATR has sold 670 ATRs around the world of which 369 are ATR 42s and 301 are ATR 72s.
The ATR is operated by more than 100 airlines in 70 countries. The ATR has logged more than 10 million flight hours and has carried more than 450 million passengers.
More information is available on: http://www.atraircraft.com
Press Contact:
Phone: +33 5 62 21 63 22
Fax: +33 5 62 21 63 18
E-mail: ann.decrozals@atr.fr
