Jeff Marsh, the Avro RJ program’s marketing director, indicated in an interview at the Asian Aerospace show in Singapore that BAe was considering several options to keep the Avro RJ family competitive against Boeing’s planned 717 regional jet (formerly the McDonnell Douglas MD-95), deliveries of which are scheduled to begin […]
The BAe 146 is not known for being particularly fast. Nevertheless, an example of the type has been acquired by Formula One Administration, which oversees Formula 1 racing. BAe 146-100 EI-COF (msn E1006 ex SE-DRH) had previously been leased to Malmö Aviation, who in turn sub-leased her to CityJet. She was […]
Avro RJ100 TC-THE (msn E3283) of Turkish Airlines was hijacked on 25 February while operating flight TK941 from Adana to Ankara by a passenger who claimed to have a bomb and demanded to be taken to Tehran. The aircraft landed at Diyarbakir. The hijacker was later over-powered by other passengers. […]
Thai Airways International has withdrawn its five BAe 146-300s from service; the aircraft were seen parked at the airline’s Bangkok base in late February. They will shortly be delivered to Debonair, who is anxiously awaiting them to expand its services. Debonair was due to receive the BAe 146s in late […]