British Aerospace ATP

The British Aerospace ATP (Advanced Turbo-Prop) is a retired turboprop airliner designed and produced by British Aerospace. It was an evolution of the Hawker Siddeley HS 748, a fairly successful feederliner of the 1960s.

The ATP was developed during the 1980s; events such as the 1979 oil crisis and increasing public concern regarding 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. First flown on 6 August 1986, by the time it became commercially available, the market segment it fell within was already hotly contested by multiple other airliners, such as the de Havilland Canada Dash 8, ATR 42, and ATR 72. Amid this intense competition, sales of the ATP were limited, leading British Aerospace to terminate production after only eight years, during which a total of 65 aircraft were completed.

The final European operator of the ATP, West Air Sweden, made a final repositioning flight on 24 February 2023. This marked the end of the type's primary active service.

In July 2025, BAE systems voluntarily surrendered the type certificate for the aircraft. This subsequently forced the last operator, Encomm Airlines, to retire their fleet, thus marking the end of service for the airframe. The fate of the remaining airframes has not been confirmed.