Qantas has announced plans to replace the BAe 146s currently operated by National Jet Systems (NJS) on QantasLink services with Boeing 717s. The QantasLink 146 fleet has already been substantially reduced. Eight of the remaining 146s will be replaced between July 2005 and July 2006, and the other two by the […]
Exeter-based Flybe has announced a further expansion in its services, with seven new routes from Birmingham International Airport. It will add several wet-leased Boeing 737-300s to fly these routes. The lease of the 737s is an interim measure, while the airline selects a permanent replacement for its fleet of BAe […]
The Bahrain Defence Force has bought one of the former Azzurra Air Avro RJ85s that have been stored at Exeter since that airline’s demise in late 2003. The aircraft had been one of four Avro RJ70s and three RJ85s leased to Azzurra Air by Air Malta. Air Malta repossessed them […]
Bhutan’s Druk Air has taken delivery of its first Airbus A319. The airline ordered two A319s in June 2003 to replace its two BAE 146-100s after BAE Systems cancelled the Avro RJX program. Druk had been a launch customer of the RJX-85, and its first example of the type had […]
The BAe 146 was tested in a new role in late September and early October: aerial fireghter. The testing was undertaken by Minden Air, based at Minden-Tahoe airport in Nevada. They involved former Air China 146-100 N81HN (msn E1081). She was fitted with ballast equivalent to a 3,000-gallon (11,400 litre) […]
After long negotiations, SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express have agreed to merge. Both airlines are to be subsidiaries of SN Airholding. Virgin Express Holdings Plc will own 29.9% of SN Airholding’s share capital, and SN Brussels’ current shareholders will own the balance. The two airlines will continue to operate […]
