Regional Jet (Tallinn Lennart Meri) has taken delivery of its maiden ATR - Avions de Transport Régional turboprop as it gears up for the start of a long-term ACMI contract with SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) this August.

ch-aviation research shows M-ABKL (msn 1028) was positioned to Tallinn Lennart Meri from Toulouse Francazal on Monday, May 29. On lease from Elix Aviation Capital, the aircraft is one of four the Estonian carrier will operate for and on behalf of the Scandinavian carrier from its Tallinn hub.

A capacity provider, Regional Jet currently operates two CRJ700s and three CRJ900s for and on behalf of its parent Nordica (ND, Tallinn Lennart Meri) in addition to three CRJ-900s for equity partner LOT Polish Airlines (LO, Warsaw Chopin).