Regional plane maker ATR has released a new white paper demonstrating that India’s fast-expanding regional connectivity demand is fundamentally a turboprop market. ATR’s latest market forecast anticipates a need for 210 new turboprops in India by 2044, driven entirely by regional expansion. The white paper, Exploring India’s Connectivity Landscape, identifies up to 900 new domestic routes, of which 420 fall squarely into turboprop territory. ATR estimates that 35 million of the 90 million additional annual passengers expected with UDAN-backed airport expansion could only be served efficiently and sustainably by turboprops. Turboprops offer:45% lower fuel burn and emissions than comparable regional jets;Superior economics on short-haul sectors, which dominate India’s mobility landscapeRight-sized capacity for Tier 2/3 demand patterns;Resilience to high fuel prices, which represent up to 40% of Indian carriers’ operating costs.