Alpha Star Aviation (Riyadh) has placed an order with ATR - Avions de Transport Régional (EVX, Toulouse Blagnac) for one ATR72-600 and one option. Announced at the ongoing Dubai Airshow 2013, the turboprop is scheduled for delivery in September 2014, and will be the first ATR72-600 operating in the Middle East region. It will join a smaller ATR42-600 that is already in the company’s fleet. In addition to an extensive Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) fleet of A318-100s, A319-100s, A320-200s and a pending A340-200, Alpha Star already operates its own ATR42-600 as well as an ATR42-500 on lease from DOT LT (Kaunas International).