GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has ordered two additional ATR 72-600s, plus two options, lifting the company’s -600 orders to 17, plus 17 options, as part of a deal previously announced at the Paris Air Show The new aircraft will be delivered in late 2012.
GECAS said it has leased three of its newly ordered -600s to Brazilian regional carrier TRIP Linhas Aereas and has signed with Jet Airways in India for another five units.
“About half of all commercial air routes are less than 500 nautical miles and turboprops like the ATR 72-600 perform very well on these stage lengths, especially when fuel costs are high,” GECAS SVP-regional aircraft programs Todd Freeman said. “This adjustment to our earlier order gives us additional product to meet the forecasted demand.”
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