British Aerospace ATP
The BAe ATP ( for Advanced Turboprop ) is a turboprop transport aircraft for the transport of cargo or up to 72 passengers on short routes of the British manufacturer British Aerospace. The model was created as a further development of the Avro 748
History
In the wake of the oil crisis and the increased criticism of the aircraft noise was seen at British Aerospace good sales opportunities for a quiet and economical short-haul turboprop.
For the design of the ATP they retrenched the airframe of the Avro 748. The hull was lengthened to 26.01 meters and the span increased to 30.63 meters, which means the capacity to 64 to 72 passengers increased. Slight changes experienced the bug and the tail, also smaller windows were provided with shorter distances.
Instead of the Rolls -Royce Dart engines, the new model received two fuel-efficient Pratt & Whitney Canada PW126 - turboprop. The newly developed six-blade propeller was from Hamilton Standard. The ATP was equipped with a glass cockpit.
The first flight took place in 1986. The first production aircraft was delivered in 1988 to British Midland. Due to the competition with the de Havilland Canada Dash 8 and ATR 42, few customers could be won. A total of 64 aircraft were produced until 1996 in the works Woodford and Prestwick. The main users were British Airways CitiExpress and West Air Sweden.
2001 six ATP were converted to " ATP Freighter " ( ATPF ). For this cargo version you again attacked back on components of the Avro 748. This particular for West Air Sweden model made its first flight on 10 July 2002 in Lidköping, the home base of the airline.
Operator
As of February 2013 are of 64 ATP produced 35 copies still active:
- Sweden Sweden: Nextjet ( 4)
- Indonesia Indonesia: Deraya Air Taxi ( 2)
- Luxembourg Luxembourg: West Air Luxembourg ( 14)
- Sweden Sweden: West Air Sweden ( 8)
- United Kingdom United Kingdom: West Atlantic (11 )