Mandarin Airlines buys six ATR 72-600s

ATR and Taiwan’s Mandarin Airlines, a regional subsidiary of Taiwan’s flag carrier China Airlines, have signed a contract for the purchase of six ATR 72-600s, valued at some US$160m. With the acquisition of these brand new ATR -600s, Mandarin Airlines becomes a new member of the ATR family. Besides the contract signing, ATR is also willing to provide engineering and technical support to China Airlines and its subsidiaries to set-up in-house capabilities for ATR heavy maintenance, up to C-checks.