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| Air Deccan takes delivery of the 700th ATR | | | New Delhi:
ATR and Air Deccan, the first Indian low-cost airline, celebrated today the delivery of the 700th ATR aircraft. The delivery ceremony has been held in Toulouse in the presence of Captain Gopinath, Air Deccan's Managing Director, Filippo Bagnato, ATR CEO, and the minister of Foreign Affaires of France, Philippe Douste-Blazy. Other French and Italian political authorities and senior representatives of the worldwide partners and suppliers of ATR also attended the ceremony.
This 700th delivered aircraft, an ATR 72-500, is part of the contract signed in 2005 by Air Deccan for 30 new ATR 72-500s and represents the 6th ATR 72-500 aircraft already delivered to the airline.
Commenting on the delivery ceremony, Captain Gopinath stated: "It is an honor for Air Deccan to contribute to the success of ATR. Air Deccan's history is closely tied to ATR. We recently celebrated our third anniversary from the date in 2003 when an ATR 42 took off from Bangalore for our inaugural flight. Since we started this cooperation in 2003, we have significantly increased our fleet of ATR aircraft because of the confidence we have in these aircraft. They are very well adapted for feeder routes in
India and can access most of the airports unable to be operated by jets.With the most economically efficient and comfortable aircraft in their category, ATR is an important part of our success as the most popular carrier in India". He added: "ATR has a very important weight in the fast development of the economic and human ties in our country". |
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