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ATR 42-500
Environment
ATR has always made optimal use of advanced technologies providing fuel-efficient aircraft to the airline industry. ATR aims at furthering its contribution to ensure a sustainable future for the aviation industry, and reconciling air transport growth while minimizing environmental impact.
Highly efficient and operating at lower speeds, ATR aircraft contribute to a small fraction of aircraft attributable emissions. They operate at low altitudes, have no effect on the ozone layer and upper atmosphere, and provide optimized capacity, to adapt frequencies to the regional airlines requirements.
Material, procedures and technologies used to produce ATR aircraft are constantly improved and monitored to minimize environmental impact across the entire life cycle:
- Optimizing aircraft design continuously to reduce weight, fuel consumption, noise and pollutant emissions
- Integrating end-of-life issues from the very start of aircraft design
- Reducing waste production at source and increasing waste recycling rates
The latest propulsion technology combined with optimally designed high-lift systems make ATR -500 New Generation aircraft quiet neighboors. They meet ICAO noise requirements with wide margins, and hence keeping the environmental impact to a minimum.
The ATR 42-500 is more efficient than regional jet aircraft on short-haul routes: it emits about 20% less CO2 per passenger-km than new-generation jets and up to three times less CO2 than older ones.
