Asian Spirit Airline - BAe-ATP

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BAe-ATP, Asian Spirits new generation 70 seater Advanced Turboprop (ATP) aircraft is manufactured by British Aerospaces Systems. It has a jet like passenger cabin which is pressurized for a cool and noise free flight. It is fully digital flight deck provides for a fail safe dual auto flight control coupled with Cat2 ILS approach capabilities. A four tube electronic flight instrumentation system (EFIS type SDS-201 from Smiths, presents the flight director, autopilot, air data and navigation as well as weather information. the aircraft is powered by advance technology Pratt and Whitney 126 of Canada (PW126) advanced turboprops, driving six bladed low revving propellers that deliver quiet jet-speed performance. See Asian Spirit Flight Schedule to destination like Boracay.

Some History
 

The BAe ATP was an airliner designed as an evolution of the Avro 748. The fuel crisis and increasing worries about aircraft noise led business planners at British Aerospace to believe that there was a market for a short-range, low-noise, fuel-efficient turboprop aircraft.

The airframe of the Avro 748 was redesigned with a lengthened 26.01 m body and a 30.62 m wing span. Minor modifications were made to the nose and tail shapes, as well as smaller windows on a shorter pitch. The twin Rolls-Royce Dart engines were replaced with Pratt & Whitney Canada PW126 fuel efficient engines. A custom designed, slow-turning, six-blade propeller was developed by Hamilton Standard.

The aircraft first flew in August 1986 and entered service with British Midland in 1988.

In total 64 aircraft were assembled at BAe's Woodford and Prestwick facilities with the manufacture of the airframe and wings undertaken at Chadderton. Production ended at Prestwick in 1996. The plane can accommodate between 64 and 72 passengers depending on the seat configuration. The biggest operators of the aircraft are British Airways CitiExpress and West Air Sweden.

Specification

Length: 26.01 m
Height: 7.60 m
Wing span: 30.63 m
Standard layout: 68 seats
Maximum take-off weight: 22,930 kg
Engines: Two PW126 with a maximum rating of 1,978 kW
Fuel capacity: 6,364 litres
Normal operating speed: 266 knots
Maximum operating altitude: 25,000 ft
Full-laden range: 1740 km