Five more ATR 72-600 aircraft for Australia’s Skywest Airlines

Australia’s Skywest Airlines announced it will introduce five more ATR 72-600 aircraft into its fleet, to be operated on a range of routes on behalf of major carrier Virgin Australia.
These five aircraft take to 13 the number of firm orders of ATR 72 aircraft placed by the Singapore-based leasing company Avation PLC in 2011 for Skywest Airlines: four ATR 72-500s, which are already operating on Virgin Australia's regional network, and nine new generation ATR 72-600s, the first of which Skywest will receive next year.
This new contract for five ATR 72-600s also includes options for eight additional aircraft.