TNT Airways has acquired the two Combi BAe 146-200QCs operated by Axis Airways. TNT intends to maintain the two aircraft in combi configuration and use them for passenger charters beginning in March, complementing their convertible Boeing 737-300s. The first QC, OO-TAY (msn E2211, ex F-GOMA) arrived in January and entered […]
CityJet is negotiating to acquire half of the Avro RJ85s that Mesaba is withdrawing from service. Under the proposed deal, deliveries would begin in August and continue through June 2007. The RJ85s would join CityJet’s fleet of BAe 146-200s and -300s, all of which are operated on behalf of Air […]
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has received the approval of the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) for its Maintenance Optimisation Programme (Systems) for the BAe 146 and Avro RJ. The program revises the maintenance intervals for the 146 and RJ based on an extensive […]
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has obtained the approval of UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for a modification package that replaces some electromechanical indicators with LCD Flat Panel electronic displays on early-build BAe 146s. The modifications were flight-tested on BAe 146-300 G-UKAG (msn E3162), the last of six aircraft to be […]
Lufthansa has signed the largest ever Jetspares support contract, a US$30 million deal covering the 18 Avro RJ85s of CityLine, the 14 BAe 146-200/300s of Eurowings, and the 5 BAe 146-300s of Air Dolomiti. JetSpares is an individually customised support program under which BAE Systems provides spares inventory, logistics, and […]
Transwede will fly its Avro RJ70 on a new route from Stockholm Arlanda to London City on behalf of SAS. The new service, to begin on 13 February, will be flown twice daily on weekdays, and once on Sunday. The service complements the London City service SAS began last fall […]
Philippine airline Asian Spirit is planning to add international services to its network of domestic routes. The new service will link Davao, on the island of Mindanao, with Palau, in Micronesia. The airline is also studying several other international routes. Asian Spirit operates two former National Jet Systems BAe 146-100s […]
Mesaba has stated that it has been informed by Northwest Airlines that the entire fleet of Avro RJ85s it operates on behalf of Northwest Airlink is to be withdrawn from service. Mesaba has already parked nine of the 35 RJ85s in early November, although two of these have since returned […]
British Airways CitiExpress‘ Avro RJ100s have had a rocky transition to the new year. On 29 December, RJ100 G-BXAR (msn E3298) got stuck in the mud at Birmingham while undertaking high power engine runs, sustaining damage to the lower fuselage in the process. The hapless aircraft was further damaged on […]
Another year, another re-organization plan for British Airways’ troubled regional subsidiary, British Airways CitiExpress. In the latest plan, BACX will be rebranded as British Airways Connect and switch to a single-class, low-fare model. The airline itself will adopt the new name from 1 February, but the new service levels will […]
