Antananarivo – The African airline Air Madagascar will shortly be equipped with the next generation ATR 72 – 600 turboprop, thus renewing and expanding its fleet of regional aircraft currently composed of one ATR 42-500 and two ATR 72-500. Three are the planes ordered from the Italian-French Consortium ATR, for a total value of approximately 77 million dollars, the first of which will be delivered at the beginning of 2017. Furthermore, Air Madagascar has recently signed an agreement with the Irish leasing company Elix Aviation Capital for another two ATR 72-600, the first having already been delivered while the second is scheduled for next month. (9colonne)
