Northwest Airlines has extended the deadline for deciding whether to cancel Mesaba‘s contract to operate thirty-six Avro RJ85s on its behalf under the Northwest Jet Airlink brand. The contract between the two airlines runs through 2006, but under its terms Northwest can terminate it, at its sole discretion, by providing […]
Stansted-based Titan Airways has acquired a former Ansett Cargo BAe 146-200QT freighter to supplement its current three 146-200QC convertible freighters. The aircraft, VH-JJZ (msn E2114), is one of two that Ansett had operated on its cargo services. She had been undergoing heavy maintenance in Blenheim, New Zealand, when Ansett ceased […]
Aer Lingus finally ended BAe 146 operations on 26 November. The airline had withdawn its six BAe 146s from its schedule at the end of October, but continued to fly them to cover for equipment shortages. With the arrival of several former Swissair Airbus A320s on lease, however, the BAe […]
The plan to merge Azzurra Air with bankrupt French regional airline Air Littoral has fallen through due to the failure of Investment fund Seven Group, owner of Azzurra to align the necessary financing. Seven Group missed several deadlines set by the court overseeing Air Littoral’s bankruptcy, and finally threw in […]
