The trial of six former managers of Crossair charged with negligent homicide and bodily injury caused by negligence in connection with the crash of Avro RJ100 HB-IXM (msn E3291) on 24 November 2001 is due to begin on 5 May. The RJ100 crashed near Bassersdorf, Switzerland, while approaching runway 28 […]
An Avro RJ70 operated by MDLR Airlines suffered a minor but embarassing incident when it burst several tires on landing at Kullu’s Bhuntar Airport on 26 April during a proving flight. Other than to the tires, there was no damage to the aircraft, nor any injuries to those on board. […]
The three BAe 146s of Executive Turbine are being painted in anticipation of entering service with Lonrho’s Fly540 operation in Angola. Former CityJet BAe 146-200 ZS-SBD (msn E2053 ex N146BL/EI-CWC) was the first to be painted. Former Air Wisconsin BAe 146-300 ZS-SBR (msn E3120 ex N611AW) will be painted next, […]
Irish airline CityJet took delivery of the last of 23 former Mesaba Avro RJ85s. RJ85 EI-RJM (msn E2350 ex N525XJ) Caher Island departed Norwich on 20 April, painted in full Air France colors. The delivery process was initially to have concluded by mid 2007, but proved unexpectedly protracted due to […]
A BAe 146 operated by Romavia suffered severe damage in a landing accident at Bucuresti’s Henri Coanda airport at Otopeni on 22 April. BAe 146-200 YR-BEB (msn E2220) was operating a flight from Timisoara on behalf of Carpatair. She diverted to Craiova to wait out the passage of a storm, […]
Two Avro RJs suffered a minor collision on the ramp at London City on 21 April. Lufthansa Regional Avro RJ85 D-AVRJ (msn E2277) was moving off the stand for a flight to Münich when her tail touched that of BA CityFlyer Avro RJ100 G-BZAT (msn E3320) that was parked on […]
Sol Airlines appears to have definitively closed its doors — before ever opening them. The sole BAe 146 to have been delivered to the Dominican Republic airline, series 200 N610AW (msn E2082), was ferried to Brazil in early April. Although she had been registered HI-SOL, she once again wore her […]
Former Club Air BAe 146-200 I-TERB (msn E2012) was scrapped by Inflite at Southend in early April, after all usable spares had been removed. I-TERV (msn E2014) is scheduled to suffer the same fate in June. They had been Club Air’s first aircraft, in late 2002. Both have been in […]
New Zealand start-up Kiwijet has once again postponed the start of operations. Last September the airline had announced plans to lease four Avro RJ100s from BAE Systems for low-fare operations from Christchurch, with a November start. By October, the beginning of operations had been pushed back to “late 2007.” The […]
Albanian airline Belle Air has added another BAe 146 on lease from Hemus Air. Series 200 LZ-HBB (msn E2073) joined the airline in early April, with Belle Air titles applied on the standard Hemus Air color scheme. She replaces series 300 LZ-HBE (msn E3131), who flew regularly for Belle Air […]
