Toki Air (BV, Niigata) has taken delivery of its first ATR42-600 during a handover ceremony at Toulouse Blagnac, although the aircraft has yet to be ferried to Japan.
JA03QQ (msn 1618) was delivered around a year behind the original schedule, which foresaw the delivery in late 2023. The aircraft will join Toki Air's existing fleet of two ATR72-600s.
Toki Air had also planned to add a single ATR42-600S but the short-take-off-and-landing variant was recently scrapped by ATR - Avions de Transport Régional and will not be produced. It recently said that the manufacturer's decision would not impact its immediate plans but might force a reevaluation of fleet strategy going forward.
