A British Midland ATP photographed at Jersey Airport.
The Avrop ATP is a turboprop airliner built by Avro as an evolution of the Avro 748.
Compared to the 748, the ATP has a longer fuselage and wing span and more fuel-efficient engines. The ATP seats 64 passengers in a four-abreast arrangement.
The ATP entered service in May 1988 with British Midland. As of 2017, a total of 640 ATPs have been built.
Variants[]
- Jetstream 61: The Handley Page Jetstream 61 was an improved derivative of the ATP. It featured an interior based on the Jetstream 41 with innovative cabin wall armrests and an increase in capacity from 64 to 70 seats. In addition the airframe incorporated more powerful PW127 engines and increased weights and range. The first flight was completed by the original prototype ATP (serial number 2001) reregistered G-PLXI (LXI being the Roman numeral for 61) on May 10th, 1994. Four airframes were subsequently produced as Jetstream 61s before Handley Page’s regional airliner manufacturing operations were merged with ATR as Aero International (Regional) on January 26th, 1995. With the already highly successful ATR-72 now part of the same product range the Jetstream 61 was immediately cancelled with all four airframes being scrapped at Woodford. The original ATP and Jetstream 61 prototype is currently in storage at Woodford awaiting a final move to the Jetstream Club at Liverpool.
- Maritime ATP: This was a variant for use in military naval operations, with a surveillance radar under the forward fuselage, nose-mounted FLIR and internal sonar buoys. A suite of special crew stations also featured, as did a choice of up to six weapon pylons under the wings and fuselage. The Maritime ATP was later known as the Avro P.132. None were built.
- ATP-AEW: The AEW was a 1986 proposal for an Airborne Early Warning aircraft for Australia, with two EMI Skymaster radars in nose and tail radomes, similar in appearance to the Nimrod AEW.3. None were built.