Two of the BAe 146-300QTs operated by TNT Airways have recently been transferred to TNT’s spanish subsidiary, Pan Air Líneas Aéreas. OO-TAJ (msn E3153) was transfered in mid-July, and re-registered EC-MCK. She operated her first service as such on 22 July, from Liège to East Midlands. OO-TAS (msn E3154) followed […]
Bolivia’s EcoJet has added a fourth Avro RJ85 to its fleet. Like her fleetmates, RJ85 CP-2889 (msn E2269 ex D-AVRF) is a former Lufthansa CityLine example. After being withdrawn from service in July 2010, she was stored at Basel until August 2011, when she was ferried to München for hand-back maintenance. […]
Australia’s Cobham Aviation Services has won a new four-year contract from Gold Fields Australia to operate fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) services. The contract calls for Cobham to operate six roundtrip flights a week to the gravel strips serving Gold Fields Australia’s Granny Smith and Darlot mining sites in Western Australia, both […]
Avro RJ100 5A-FLB (msn E3234) of Air Libya has apparently been damaged when rival militias battled for control of Tripoli’s airport in mid July. Shelling and gunfire resulted in several aircraft being completely destroyed — including an Afriquiyah Airbus A330 and a Libyan Arab Bombardier CRJ00 — and others damaged […]
At least two of the Avro RJ100s being operated by Qeshm Air have traded their Tajik registrations for Iranian ones. A photograph on the airline’s Facebook feed showed two RJ100s wearing registrations EP-FQT and -FQU. The tie-up with their previous registrations is not known at this time. Qeshm Air operates […]
Ecojet has placed its third Avro RJ85 into service. CP-2850 (msn E2277 ex D-AVRJ) made her first flight for Ecojet on 7 July, on the airline’s new La Paz-Sucre route. CP-2850 had been delivered to Ecojet in December. The addition of the third aircraft is allowing Ecojet to expand its […]
