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ATR announced the launch o its -600 seriesback in November 2007. About 13 monthslater, the manuacturer “powered on” the air-crat at its Saint-Martin acility in Toulouse.“Initial results are very encouraging and allthe screens unctioned lawlessly,” says Jean-François Lepoidevin, ATR Flight Line andPrototype Manager. Modesty prevents himrom saying that the tests were an out and outsuccess. In all, 80 people have been workinglat out to power on the new avionics. Accordingto Luigi Lombardi, ATR SVP Operations: “Thissuccess is down to the huge amount o work accomplished in partnership with Thales. The ATR -600 development schedule is right ontrack.”
Successful cockpit power-on
The enhanced avionics in the -600 seriescockpit eature the latest navigation andcommunication systems. A glass cockpitwith ive wide LCD multiunction screensreplaces the current EFIS (Electronic FlightInstrumental System), while a new Multi-Purpose Computer (MPC) will improve lightsaety and maintenance operations. The newavionics will support CAT III approaches.“ATR chose Thales Avionics to develop theavionics system. For the irst time, we areputting in all-new avionics, so there’s a greatdeal at stake,” acknowledges AntonioSperandio, ATR NAS Project ProgrammeDirector. “The ATR -600 series conigured asan ATR 72 will perorm its maiden light thisyear.” In other words, very shortly. AlainBoursier, Thales Vice-President, Regional andBusiness Aircrat, stated: “The developmento this new-generation avionics suite repre-sents a key improvement o the new aircrat.It will provide clear beneits to airlines, sub-stantially improving navigation capabilitiesand aircrat perormance while reducingoperating and maintenance costs.”
New avionics boost navigation capability and aircraft performance
Since September 2008, ATR has begun recon-iguring an ATR -500 series as a -600 pre-series aircrat and putting the new avionicsthrough a series o preliminary tests. “We willbe pursuing these tests or several monthsup to the day o the maiden light,” saysJean-François Lepoidevin conidently. Thenew ATR is scheduled to enter service earlyin 2011. “Our customers will be getting thelatest technologies, enhanced saety, reducedpilot workload, increased situational aware-ness, lower maintenance costs and loweruel consumption,” airms Carmine Orsi, ATR Vice-President Engineering. “We are lookingto be even stronger, especially in the crucialarea o cockpit technology, to maintain ATR’smarket leadership.”
New -600 series
Ground tests Get underway
NEWS UPDATE
P2
NEWS UPDATE
C Check P4
HIGHLIGHTS
West Wind AviationP3
FOCUS
Chaining & Flight Operations
EDITORIAL
17 Decemer, ATR egan ground testing its new -600 series aircraft. Electrical systems and the new-generationaionics suite were put through their paces, and the first software pacage supplied y Thales was integrated.The -600 will soon e rolling out onto the runway, ready for tae-off.
ATR NewsletterJanuary 2009N°17
Despite the global crisis that emerged in thesecond half of 2008 and is set to intensify in2009, ATR had an excellent year and isstanding in good stead.Our final assembly line delivered 55 aircraftin 2008, 25% more than last year and morethan double the volume achieved in 2006,generating record revenues for ATR of 1.3billion dollars.With 42 brand new aircraft sold this year, wereached the milestone of 295 aircraft since2005. This figure confirms the edge thatturboprops have gained over regional jets inthe last three years. During the same period, ATR has made 138 deliveries and built up asolid backlog of 169 aircraft.Finally, last December we achieved anotherimportant milestone with the -600 seriesdevelopment. We powered on the pre-seriesaircraft with the new avionics suite andeverything is now set for the ground testingphase.Meanwhile, ATR continued to expand cus-tomer services worldwide, investing to becloser to our customers. We opened a newtraining centre in Kuala Lumpur and operatorsand training conferences are scheduledregion by region.In 2009 ATR will:
• deliver more than 60 aircraft to satisfy current
customer demand,
• continue to invest in improving our customer
support network,
• perform the first flight with the ATR-600
pre-series aircraft; this will allow us tostart scheduled deliveries of 39 -600 seriesaircraft already ordered by our customers,beginning in 2011. A Happy New Year from ATR.
Stphane Mayer
Chie Executive Ofcer
Gil Michelin, Thales Vice-President, Stephan Mayer, ATR CEO, Luigi Lombardi, ATR SVP OperationsGil Michelin, Thales Vice-President and Luigi Lombardi, ATR SVP Operations
ATR 42 ATR 72 TOTAL
North America 127 62 189Europe 176 177 353Latin America 39 24 63 Arica & Middle-East 43 51 94 Asia Paciic 37 243 280TOTAL 422 557
979
atr worLdwIde suCCess
Firm orders - As of Decemer 2008
Latin America
7%
Europe
36%
North America
19%
Arica &Middle-East
9%
AsiaPaciic
29%
atrProGraMMe
As of December 2008
979
aircraft ordered
810
aircraft deliered
“Ater eight years o eedback rom C Checksat 4,000 hours and at the request o ourcustomers, we decided to collate data on anad-hoc basis rom hundreds o checks romseveral operators worldwide. This campaigninvolved more than two years o hard work,”says Nadège Gualina, Maintenance Engineering ATR. “The results rom C Checks were par-ticularly good across all ATR models.
Two years analysing C Check results
In other words, most C Check maintenancetasks perormed until now at 4,000 lighthours could wait until 5,000 hours withoutany impact on continued airworthiness.“The quality and quantity o eedback romairlines enabled us to launch the C Check evolution campaign and the MRB processwith operators, EASA and the FAA,” explainsNadège Gualina.
Flexibility on maintenance for operators
ATR’s new MRBR (Manual Review BoardReport) was validated in November 2008and is waiting or approval. This update isully in line with operators’ expectations:“Increasing inspection intervals reducesmaintenance costs and the requency ochecks, giving customers more operationallexibility,” concludes Gualina. From 2009,airlines will thereore be able to apply thesenew procedures on their ATR leets. That’sgreat news or their maintenance budgetsas the New Year gets underway…
Bonus
C Check intervalextended to 5,000 hours
NEWS UPDATE
From 2009, C Checs on ATR aircraft will e performed after 5,000 hoursinstead of 4,000 hours preiously. This is good news for airlines, as theiraircraft will e grounded less often and their maintenance costs reduced.ATR teams spent many hours poring oer data to achiee this new adancefor operators. We find out what they hae een doing.
C CHECk
SAvING FOR OPERATORS
C Check maintenance operations
This change is going to have a signiicanteconomic impact or operators: “We cal-culate that airlines will achieve an overallsaving o 17% on their C Check directmaintenance costs” says Jacques Soubsol, ATR MRO & Maintenance EconomicsDirector. For an aircrat lying an averageo 2,500 hours per year, this will save theburden, grounding time and direct costs($US40,000 on average) o a C Check every eight years.“C Checks ground an aircrat or our toten days depending upon the aircrat’sage, and an aircrat that isn’t lying iscosting money while not earning revenue. At a time when operators are looking toachieve savings wherever they can,extending C Check intervals by 1,000light hours means more operationallexibility, less maintenance costs andincreased revenues”.
A and C Interval Evolution
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A check
flight hours
C check
flight hours
4003002001994 1995 1997 1998 2001 2007 2008
C Check escalationA Check escalation
OBJECTIVEREACHED :5,000 FH
2,0004,0003,2002,400250500400300
North America 12Europe 48Latin America 22 Arica & Middle-East 28 Asia Paciic 34
atr worLdwIde CoVeraGe
Operators Regional split
The man in charge o these two key projectswithin the ATR Customer Services Directorateis Ivan Lauthier, the new Vice-PresidentTraining and Flight Operations. He joined ATRon 6 October 2008, ater a long career in theFrench Army, combining lying experience andexpertise on the ground.He began his career as an aeronautical engi-neer beore becoming a ighter and helicopterpilot. He was later appointed as chie helicop-ter test pilot at the French Brétigny-sur-Orgelight test centre, then at Istres-Le-Tubé lighttest centre or 11 years. Thanks to his broadexperience o the aeronautical and industrialsector, Ivan Lauthier knows exactly what pro-essionals are looking or. “I was also incharge o helicopter and aircrat programmesat the French deence procurement agencyDGA or two years.” And just beore joining ATR, he worked or Comex Nucléaire, manag-ing non-destructive testing activities, in thenuclear energy domain.He is now ready to lead the ATR training centreand to contribute with his experience to thesuccess o ATR’s projects. “With the stronggrowth o ATR’s business and in response todemand rom our customers, we want todevelop new local training centres. ATR opera-tors clearly expect ATR to set the standards othese centres,” says Ivan Lauthier. ATR’s maintraining centre is based next to its HQ inToulouse, where training programmes or pilots,engineers and cabin crew are developed andseveral light simulators are operated. Thenetwork also includes training centres inThailand, the USA, India and Malaysia. “We areworking on a number o new centres, particu-larly in Brazil and South Arica and have alsostarted to think about how to enhance ATR’straining oer in North America and the southPaciic region”.
Pilot and engineer training on the -600 series in 2010
Besides opening new training centres, IvanLauthier and his team are developing newtraining tools or the -600 series, including acertiied light simulator and interactive eaturesor pilots. “By the end o 2010, we will be readyto provide training or pilots and engineers. Wewill be in a position to oer training or ourcustomers beore the aircrat’s scheduled entryinto service in the irst quarter o 2011,” heexplains. ATR is also supporting airlines’ lightoperations. Customers are always eager to indnew ways o saving uel to make their operationsgreener. “We were able to gauge operators’expectations during our three regional operatorsTraining Conerences in Cancun, Toulouse and
traInInG and FLIGht oPeratIons
Meeting customers’ expectations
FOCUS
In 2009, the ATR Training Centre’s main ojecties will e to continue implementing the company’s gloal training policy and to deelop a full suite oftraining tools for the ATR -600 series.
ATR is opening its very own Customer Services Portal. “Since 2004, our custom-ers have been able to connect to our Customer Support site through the AEROChain portal we share with Embraer. Starting in March 2009, we are settingup a temporary portal similar to our own extranet website,” explains LudovicBorlant, Project and Planning Manager. “At the same time, we will launch a newspare parts trading application to replace the current trading functions of AEROChain.” During the second half of 2009, ATR will implement the beta versionof the new Customer Services Portal integrating all existing features and with amore modern, modular and highly customizable technology. These will includeonline spare parts trading, consultation of technical documentation, order track-ing, a discussion forum and a dedicated query management space for operators.“This brand new website will reflect ATR’s goal of offering more comprehensiveand flexible online support and services,” concludes Ludovic Borlant.
144 Operatorsin 83 countries
ATR 42 ATR 72 TOTAL
CUMULATIVE CYCLES 10,700,000 8,000,000 18,700,000CUMULATIVE FLIGHT HOURS 9,600,000 6,900,000 16,500,000
FLeet statIstICs
Noemer 2008
670 million passengers flew with ATR
DISPATCH RELIABILITY / ATR -500 SERIES
99.6%
SCHEDULE COMPLETION RATE / ATR -500 SERIES
99.95%
PerForManCe
Last 12 months aerage
ATR Toulouse Training CentreIvan Lauthier, Vice-President Training and Flight Operations
New Customer Serices PortalATR sets its own store
Kuala Lumpur in 2008. The 80 airlines thatparticipated helped us to conirm our strategicchoices and tailor them to their operatingrequirements,” concludes Ivan Lauthier. Theresults o this strategy will be reviewed at thenext two training conerences in 2010 and thenin 2012.
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