NAYSA Orders 2 Additional ATR 72-500
ATR | Feb. 01, 2007
On Feb. 1, ATR and the Canary Islands airline NAYSA announced the signature of a contract for 2 additional new ATR 72-500s for a total value of US$36 million. ATR and NAYSA previously signed an agreement for 4 new ATR 72-500 in September 2006.
These two aircraft, configured with 72 seats, will be delivered in 2007 and will be equipped with the new "Elegance Cabin", with Light Emitting Diode (LED) and with the newest technological innovations in the field of communications and navigation aid tools.
Commenting on the sale, Filippo Bagnato, ATR CEO, said: "We are really happy to strengthen our partnership and our ties with NAYSA, as well as with the group Apoyo y Logistica Industrial Canarias. The ATR aircraft, with its unbeatable economics, its high standards of comfort as well as with its lowest level of pollutant emissions, are fully adapted to the needs of the interisland operators and the ATR 72-500 has been very successful for many years in the Canary Islands."
Manuel Alvarez, General Manager of NAYSA, stated: "We are fully confident in the quality and the performance of the ATR aircraft, which represents the optimal choice for our interisland operations. The ATR 72 has proven itself over many years of successful operations in the Canary Islands. Furthermore, the latest generation of ATR aircraft will allow us to fly with environment friendly aircraft characterized by the lowest operating costs and provide jet-like comfort to our passengers. These were key points in our decision to add more new ATR 72-500 to our fleet."
NAYSA is currently operating Beech 1900 aircraft. With its new fleet of ATR 72-500, NAYSA will develop its already existing commercial agreement with Binter Canarias on some interisland connexions.
ATR has sold 839 new aircraft (401 ATR 42 and 438 ATR 72) since the beginning of the programme.