Greek Avro RJ operator Aegean Airlines submitted a bid in response to a Greek government tender for subsidized services on 24 commercially unviable routes, primarily to island destinations. Aegean’s bid offered to fly from Athens and Thessaloniki to the islands of Kalymnos, Ikaria, Astypalaia, Skiathos, Skyros, Samos, Chios, Lesvos, Karpathos, […]
The BAe 146 operated by Comores Aviation International is believed to be BAe 146-200 ZS-SFZ (msn E2030), on lease from South Africa’s African Airline Investments. The 146 operates from the airline’s base at Moroni on inter-island services and to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Mahe, Seychelles; and Mauritius. Additional details on […]
BAE Systems’ corporate BAe 146-200, G-TBAE (msn E2018) has been accompanying Eurofighter Typhoons being delivered to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has ordered 72 Typhoons: 24 originally built by BAE Systems for the Royal Air Force, and 48 to be assembled locally. The first two were delivered in mid-June, departing on […]
Italian Avro RJ operator Italiatour Airlines is modifying its network, shifting its center of gravity from Brescia to Crotone. On 18 July, the airline started a four times weekly service between Crotone and Bologna. The loss-making Brescia-Roma segement of the company’s initial Brescia-Roma-Crotone route will be dropped in early September, […]
Indian Avro RJ operator MDLR Airlines has announced that it would not participate in a ‘strike’ by private airlines on 18 August, and would operate its normal schedule. The Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) has called for airlines to suspend flights on that day to protest high jet fuel taxes […]
Ansett Aircraft Spares & Services donated BAe 146-100 G-JEAO (msn E1010) to the de Havilland Aviation Museum at London Colney. The museum already has in its collection several examples of airlines produced by de Havilland and its successors, Hawker Siddeley and British Aerospace, including the fuselage of a DH.106 Comet […]
