Aeromar Takes Delivery of Two ATR 72-600s

Aeromar, a major regional airline in Mexico, has taken delivery of its first two ATR 72-600s to be acquired on long-term lease from Air Lease Corporation (ALC).

Aeromar is ATR's longstanding customer with 14 ATR airplanes in its fleet (ten ATR 42-500s and four 42-320s).

The newly acquired 68-seat turboprops will replace the smaller ATR 42-320 allowing the airline to further boost service to destinations it already flies to from the capital Mexico City to airports in smaller cities like Poza Rica, San Luis Potosi or Ciudad Victoria.

“Following the leasing of the new ATR aircraft, Aeromar seeks to maintain its fleet one of the freshest among the Latin American airlines,” Fabricio Cojuc, Aeromar Executive Vice President said. “By renewing our fleet, we are aiming at more efficient operations. ATR 72-600s offers superior passenger capacity compared to the smaller aircraft models and lower fuel consumption per seat. In addition, they are very reliable and that should help with punctuality.”

ATR is well established in Latin American region with more than 160 aircraft flying in the livery of 30 operators, including 14 aircraft currently being operated in Mexico.

ATR 72-600

Passenger capacity: 68-74 seats
Engines: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW 127M
Maximum power at take-off: 2,750 horse power per engine
Maximum weight at take-off: 23,000 Kg
Maximum payload: 7,500 Kg
Range with full passenger load: 900 nautical miles (1,665 Km)