A baby girl was born aboard one of Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM)‘s BAe 146-200s, FAB-103 (msn E2040), during a flight from Cochabamba to La Paz on 14 February. Her parents christened her Tami Fabiola, in honor of the airline and the Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Boliviana, FAB). Although she […]
Aegean Airlines has announced its intention to merge with rival Olympic Air. Olympic Air was formed at the end of 2009, taking over the aircraft and routes of long ailing Olympic Airlines. The combined airline would operate under the Olympic name. The merger will require approval by competition authorities, as […]
BAE Systems is hoping to place several Avro RJ85s with Russian airlines. Although the RJ85 was certificated under the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee airworthiness rules some time ago, BAE Systems has not had any examples available to offer. This is about to change, however, as Lufthansa begins to return thirteen […]
TTA Airlink, a joint venture between South Africa’s Airlink and Mozambique’s Sociedade de Transporte e Trabalho Aéreo (TTA) began operations on 14 February using an Avro RJ85. The airline, which is 49% owned by Airlink and 51% by TTA, was formed in early February to take advantage of a new […]
With the retirement of its last Boeing 737 on February 2, Star Perú is now an all BAe 146 airline. The airline has gradually built up its BAe 146 fleet since acquiring two former Druk Air series 100s in late 2007. It added a former Air Wisconsin series 200 in […]
Australia’s Cobham Aviation Services took delivery of the first of two former BA CityFlyer Avro RJ100s it is leasing from BAE Systems Regional Aircraft. RJ100 G-BZAW (msn E3354) departed Southend on 28 June, wearing a special logo on the tail that reads “The first RJ100 for Australia … leading the […]
Iranian BAe 146 operator Taban Air resumed operations in early February. The airline had had its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) revoked following a landing accident to one of its Tupolev Tu-154s at Mashhad on January 24. Following the grounding, one of the airline’s two wet-leased from Hemus Air BAe 146s […]
BAe 146-200 TR-LIR (msn E2053) appears to be headed back to Gabon. After spending some time there from late 2008 to 2009 operating for Allegiance Airways Gabon, she returned to South Africa sometime in the fall of 2009, and was stored for a time at Kruger Mpumalanga International. She has […]
