Two new jetliners received clearance to operate at London City Airport, threatening the BAe 146/Avro RJ’s dominance at the airport. The 146/RJ accounts for 44% of daily scheduled departures and 62% of daily scheduled seats. Airlines currently operating 146/RJs into London City include BA CityFlyer, CityJet for Air France, Flightline […]
As planned, Indian Avro RJ70 operator MDLR Airlines extended its service to Kolkatta on 12 June. The flight is an extension of its service from Chandigarh to Delhi and Ranchi. MDLR has indicated that it plans to make Kolkatta into a second hub, adding services to Port Blair, Goa, Visakhapatnam, […]
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft’s LCD flightdeck modification for early-model BAe 146s has won a royal seal of approval. The UK Ministry of Defence has contracted for the flightdecks of the two BAe 146 CC2s operated by No 32 (The Royal) Squadron to be upgraded. The first aircraft will be modified […]
BAe 146-300 EC-JVO (msn E3179) was ferried via Las Palmas to Valencia on 29 May, returning to Orionair from her lease to Compagnie Aérienne du Mali (CAM).
The operator of two former Air Wisconsin BAe 146-200As that were recently ferried to Mexico is now known to be Sol Airlines, a new airline being established in the Dominican Republic by Brazilian investors. Sol Airlines will be based at La Romana, on the southeastern coast of the island. They […]
Air-Berlin‘s acquisition of LTU has affected the BAe 146-300 that LTU has been wet-leasing from WDL Aviation. Series 300 D-AWBA (msn E3134) has been operating for LTU since 1 November 2006, on flights from Düsseldorf to Roma and Lisboa. As Air-Berlin is taking over some of LTU’s routes, such as […]
Per G. Braathens, owner of Swedish Avro RJ operators Malmö Aviation and Transwede, has organised his aviation-related businesses as Braathens Aviation. The new corporate group includes six companies: Malmö Aviation, Transwede, Braathens Technical (which offers maintenance services), Braathens Training (which offers training and type ratings), Braathens Leasing (which owns two […]
BA CityFlyer has decided to keep two Avro RJ100s that had been due to return off-lease to BAE Systems Regional Aircraft. RJ100 G-BXAR (msn E3298) had been returned to BAE Systems in late March, and G-BXAS (E3301) had been due to follow. The airline intended to replace them with some […]
Deliveries of former Mesaba Avro RJ85s to CityJet continue. The latest to arrive, EI-RJN (msn E2351 ex N526XJ) was ferried from Norwich to Paris Charles de Gaulle on 18 May, wearing the new CityJet colors first worn by EI-RJO (msn E2352). Other recent deliveries include EI-RJI (msn E2346), which arrived […]
PRISMA Aviation Services is selling two former Club Air BAe 146s at auction. The two 146s, I-TERB (msn E2012) and I-TERV (msn E2014), have been in storage at Southend since last fall. The company is soliciting bids for the 146s, either together or individually, and either with or without engines. […]
