Swiss has announced a major expansion of service from Basel’s EuroAirport. Predecessor Crossair had operated a substantial hub there, boasting at one point of “1180 jumps!” (possible connections). Following Crossair’s merger with the remnants of bankrupt Swissair to form Swiss, however, the Basel hub was all but dismantled. Only a […]
Swedish cargo operator West Air Sweden has taken delivery of former Ansett BAe 146-200QT freighter VH-JJY (msn E2113) as SE-DRN. Malmö Aviation is operating the aircraft on their behalf. She entered service on 29 October, on the Oslo-Tromso-Svalbard route. The 146 joins an all-British freighter fleet that also includes nine […]
Belgrade-based Centavia has seen its second scheduled service rejected. A week after Croatian authorities denied it permission to operate to Zagreb, Montenegrin authorities have withdrawn its permission to fly to Podgorica, in Montenegro. The denial came on the day services were to begin, a day after Centavia had operated a […]
Turmoil continues to grip Avro RJ85 operator Mesaba as it struggles to cut costs. The airline claims it needs to reduce costs by a further 17.5% to survive, but the unions claim these cuts are too deep, particularly coming on top of earlier cuts and, for the pilots, the reductions […]
Club Air has returned its two oldest BAe 146s off lease. BAe 146-200 I-TERV (msn E2014) was ferried from Verona to Southend on 21 September, and I-TERB (msn E2012) followed on 18 October. I-TERB and I-TERV had been the airline’s first aircraft, when they delivered as G-DEFK and G-DEFL in […]
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft announced an increase in its efforts to market the BAe 146/Avro RJ into the corporate and executive aviation market. The company believes the 146/RJ has a clear niche in the corporate/VIP aviation market, given its unmatched airfield performance and stage 4 noise compliance. For the price […]
Belgrade-based Centavia has been denied permission to operate charter services from the Belgrade to Zagreb. The services would have been the first to link the capitals of Serbia and Croatia in sixteen years, as all links were severed during the civil war that split Yugoslavia. The airline is also planning […]
The Norwegian Accident Investigation Board’s investigation into the crash of Atlantic Airways‘ BAe 146-200 OY-CRG (msn E2075) at Storde, Norway, on 10 October has revealed that the spoilers did not deploy. The 146 overran the runway and fell down a steep dropoff beyond the runway end. Three passengers and a […]
BAe 146-200 OY-CRG (msn E2075) of Atlantic Airways was destroyed in a landing at accident at Storde, Norway, on 10 October. The 146 was arriving from Stavanger at 07:35 local time as RC670, on a charter flight on behalf of construction firm Aker Stord, with workers for the Ormen Lange […]
Another BAe 146 has been parted out. Series 300 G-BSXZ (msn E3174) was gradually dismantled by Casco Aero Ltd during September. Built for Taiwan’s Makung Airlines (later Uni Air) in 1990 as B-1776, she had then joined British Airways franchisee National Jet Italia in 2001 as G-NJIB. Following the latter’s […]
