ATR Opens Singapore Facility

ATR is opening of a new spare parts distribution center in Auckland, New Zealand to meet the needs of its operators in the Pacific area for the maintenance and overhaul of ATR fleets. This is the fourth ATR warehouse worldwide, with others in Paris, Miami and Singapore. ATR is well established in the South Pacific area with some 30 aircraft currently operated by Air Calédonie, Air Tahiti, Mount Cook Airlines, Airlink of Papua New Guinea, Air Vanuatu, Air Pacific and the government of French Polynesia. DHL Solutions will manage the facilities as part of the global contract signed with ATR last year. ATR will soon implement another step of its Asian support development plan by opening a spare part distribution center in Delhi (India), also operated by DHL Solutions. The company recently moved distribution centers at Toulouse and Washington, DC to Roissy and Miami, respectively. Its spares/service program experienced a 20 percent increase in orders. It also signed its largest global maintenance agreement with Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines in a deal worth $50 million and covers spares and maintenance of its ATR 72-500 fleet.