BAe 146-300 G-JEBE (msn E3206) of Jersey European Airlines (JEA) was damaged at Birmingham on 7 May, when her right main undercarriage fell into a hole in the taxiway. The hole was supposed to have been filled and covered with a steel plate but was only covered with a weaker […]
BAe 146-200A C-FBAO (msn E2111) of AirBC lost power in three of her four engines on 30 April, while en route from Winnipeg to Denver. She was at 29,000 feet, about 130 miles north of Denver when number one engine went to idle power. As she descended to 26,000 feet, […]
Northwest Jet Airlink operator Mesaba has received the last of the 36 Avro RJ85s it had on order. N536XJ (msn E2372) was delivered on 26 May. Northwest placed an initial order for 12 RJ85s, with 24 options, in October 1996, for operation by Mesaba Airlines on Northwest Jet Airlink services, […]
German BAe 146 operator WDL Aviation is operating BAe 146-300 D-AWBA (msn E3134) on behalf of Air Nostrum, on Iberia Regional services. The 146 was to have operated between Münich and Birmingham on behalf of BMW, but the contract was terminated when the German carmaker sold its British subsidiary Rover. […]
SAM Colombia has returned its last Avro RJ100 to BAE Systems. By the end of January, seven of the airline’s nine RJ100s had been ferried to the UK. N511MM (msn E3255) followed on 13 March. The last of the nine, N507MM (msn E3245) arrived at Woodford on 10 May. All […]
Exeter-based BAe 146 operator Jersey European Airways has changed its name to British European, to better reflect the scope of its current operations, which are only partially Jersey-based. In terms of aircraft livery, the change consists of simply substituting the word ‘British’ for the word ‘Jersey’ in the airline’s logo, […]
Former BAe executive Mike Ryan and Casco, the largest holder of BAe 146 spare parts outside BAe, have formed a new company, Casco Leasing, to provide finance and leases of ALF502 engines to BAe 146 operators. Casco Leasing’s current portfolio includes 10 engines, four of which it owns and six […]
British Airways has abandoned its plan to transfer some of the routes operated by its subsidiary EuroGatwick to its other Gatwick-based subsidiary, Avro RJ100 operator CityFlyer. The proposed transfer met with strenuous opposition from the British Airline Pilot Association (BALPA) — to the annoyance of CityFlyer pilots, who are also […]
