Indonesia's Wings Air buys 15 ATR aircraft

Wings Air, a subsidiary of private Indonesian carrier Lion Air, has signed a $600 million contract with turbo-prop planemaker ATR to buy 15 ATR 72-500 planes, with options for 15 ATR 72-600s, ATR said in a statement on Monday. The aircraft are to be delivered between 2009 and 2011, the statement said. ATR is a joint venture between EADS and Finmeccanica.