Editing ATR 72 (section)

=== FedEx Express ===
On 8 November 2017, [[FedEx Express]] launched the -600 cargo variant with 30 firm orders plus 20 options, in a freighter configuration from the factory.<ref name=PR8nov2017>{{cite press release |url= http://www.atraircraft.com/newsroom/pressrelease/fedex-express-s-engage-a-acheter-jusqu-a-50-nouveaux-avions-cargo-atr-72-600f-1463-en.html |title= FedEx Express buys up to 50 new ATR 72-600F freighters Wednesday |date= 8 November 2017 |publisher= ATR |access-date= 8 November 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171108205908/http://www.atraircraft.com/newsroom/pressrelease/fedex-express-s-engage-a-acheter-jusqu-a-50-nouveaux-avions-cargo-atr-72-600f-1463-en.html |archive-date= 8 November 2017 |url-status= live }}</ref>

As of September 2018, 187 early variants had been produced with 172 operated by 55 [[airline|carriers]], 365 -500s were delivered with more than 350 in service at 75 operators, 444 -600s were produced and are operated by 74 carriers with a backlog of {{#expr:675-444}} orders.<!--<ref name=AVN12nov2018>-->
By then, with more than 60 -500s and 40 -600s in storage, new aircraft leases fell to $130,000 per month from $170,000.<!--<ref name=AVN12nov2018>-->
The -600 list price of $26.8M is typically discounted by 25% for a ${{#expr:26.8*.75round1}}M value, a 2012 aircraft is valued $13.3M and leased $115,000, falling to $10.2M and $100,000 in 2021, a [[D check]] costs $0.5M and the [[engine overhaul]] costs $0.3-1.0M.<ref name=AVN12nov2018>{{cite news |url= http://www.aircraftvaluenews.com/market-for-atr72-600s-weakens-with-age/ |title= Market for ATR72-600s Weakens with Age |author= Aircraft Value News |date= 12 November 2018 |access-date= 14 November 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181114224736/http://www.aircraftvaluenews.com/market-for-atr72-600s-weakens-with-age/ |archive-date= 14 November 2018 |url-status= live }}</ref>