Phu Quoc's tiny airport can accommodate nothing larger than
an ATR turboprop; four to five daily flights from Ho Chi Minh City bring in a maximum of 335 passengers.
December 19, 2016 • Employees of Pakistan International Airlines sacrificed the animal to mark the first flight of
an ATR turboprop plane since the fleet was grounded following a Dec. 7 crash.
Not exact matches
The Q400, with a backlog of 50 planes, has about 25 percent of the global market in small commercial planes and comes second to European rival
ATR, the world's largest maker of
turboprops.
In 2014, Transportation Partners took delivery of ten
ATR 72 - 600
turboprop aircraft and leased them to Wings and Malindo Airways.
The airline plans to retire two 1980s - era planes and expand to four or five new
ATR 72
turboprops by the end of the year.