Mandarin Airlines (AE, Taichung Ching Chuan Kang) has taken delivery of the first of six ATR72-600s that were ordered in mid-2023 at the Paris Air Show. ATR handed over the aircraft to the operator at Toulouse Blagnac late last week, and at the time of publication, is ferrying to Taiwan via Cairo International, Abu Dhabi International, and Hyderabad International.

B-16961 (msn 1682) is the tenth ATR72-600 to join the regional carrier, but the first of its type to include the Pratt & Whitney

Source: ch aviation
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