British Aerospace ATP

5 aircraft

The British Aerospace ATP was an advanced 64-72 passenger turboprop airliner designed to address fuel efficiency and noise concerns following the 1979 oil crisis. First flown on August 6, 1986, it was a twin-engine aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW126 turboprops producing 2,653 shaft horsepower each, featuring innovative slow-turning six-bladed propellers for reduced noise. At 468 pounds per seat, it achieved the lightest weight-to-capacity ratio of any regional airliner in its class during the mid-1980s. British Aerospace manufactured only 65 aircraft between 1988 and 1996 before terminating production due to intense market competition.