Khalifa Airways orders 10 ATR 72-500s
Toulouse, 30 March 2001
The Algerian airline Khalifa Airways, based in Algiers, has placed an order for 10 additional ATR 72-500s.
Deliveries of these aircraft will take place in 2001 and 2002.
These 10 ATR 72-500s will complement the 4 ATR 42-320s and 3 ATR 72-500s already in operation in Khalifa Airways' network.
They will be used by Khalifa Airways to grow significantly its regional and domestic network.
Mr Khelifa, President of Khalifa Airways : " Our ATR operations have proved to be very successful for Khalifa Airways and we will use the ATR 72-500 to further develop our domestic routes in Algeria together with routes to neighbouring countries".
Antoine Bouvier, Chief Executive Officer of ATR : " We are particularly pleased to see and support the development of Khalifa Airways. This additional order from Khalifa is a proof of the adaptability of the ATR to a developing market such as Algeria ".
To date, ATR has sold 651 ATRs (366 ATR 42 and 285 ATR 72) to 103 airlines in 65 countries.
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