ATR 72-200 / -210
The first stretch, with four-blade props · First flight 1988 · In service 1989
ATR launched the stretched ATR 72 on 15 January 1986, naming it after its typical seating. The prototype flew on 27 October 1988, certification came on 25 September 1989, and Finnair introduced the type into service on 27 October 1989.
The original production -200 used Pratt & Whitney Canada PW124B engines of 2,400 shp driving four-blade propellers. The -210, certified in December 1992, swapped in PW127 engines of 2,750 shp for better performance at hot and high airports, cutting the take-off run from 1,409 m to 1,211 m.
As of September 2018, 187 of these early ATR 72s had been built. American Eagle was a major early operator, and many have since become freighters or moved on to island carriers such as Aurigny.
