An Avro RJ100 operated by Riau Airlines was the subject of a bomb threat on 16 March. Avro RJ100 PK-RAZ (msn E3265) had just departed on flight RIU196 from Tanjung Pinang to Jakarta with 54 passengers, when the threat was called in to the airline’s ticket counter at Soekarno-Hatta Airport. […]
South Africa’s Allegiance Air pulled out the BAe 146s and other aircraft it was operating on behalf of Air Congo in late March, effectively grounding the airline. The move apparently follows continuing disputes with its Congolese partners and rising government intervention into the airline’s operations. The 146s used in Congo […]
The three remaining Avro RJs that had been flown by Transwede when that company shut down at the end of 2009 are now flying for Malmö Aviation. Avro RJ85 SE-DJN (msn E2231) had already been operating for Malmö since mid-2009, with Malmö titles and a Malmö logo on the tail, […]
Kyrgyzstan’s Avia Traffic Company has bought BAe 146-200 OO-DJH (msn E2172) from Brussels Airlines. Avia Traffic Company is based at Manas Airport in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital. It serves several destinations within Kyrgyzstan and in neighboring countries with a fleet of four Antonov An-24s. OO-DJH had been retired in November 2008 […]
Comores Aviation International is suing the Comorian Minister of Transport and Tourism over an order he issued forbidding the takeoff of the airline’s BAe 146. The Minister issued the order on 23 February, allegedly in response to poor reliability of the aircraft. Comores Aviation obtained a court order lifting the […]
CityJet has modified its color scheme, adding two rows of grey and red dots to the lower part of the fuselage of the Avro RJ85s that are painted in its colors (about half its fleet is painted in the colors of parent Air France). The dots had initially been applied […]
Eurowings withdrew all of its BAe 146s from its schedule on March 22. However, several 146s remain on the property and may be used as needed until they are finally handed back to BAE Systems over the next few months. Since January, series 300 D-AHOI (msn E3187) and series 200 […]
The process of replacing BA CityFlyer‘s Avro RJs with Embraer E-Jets entered its last leg on 12 March, when the airline placed its first Embraer 190SR into service. On the following day, RJ100 G-BZAY (msn E3368) became the latest RJ to leave the fleet when she was ferried to Kemble […]
Air Transport Intelligence reports that early customers have encountered problems with the AirManager cabin air treatment system. The AirManager was introduced in September 2009 by BAE Systems and Quest International UK. It uses Close Coupled Field Technology (CCFT), which is a contained and safe electrical field that eliminates smells, and […]
