Neptune Aviation has rolled out its latest BAe 146 air tanker, N477NA/Tanker 15 (msn E2103). She is the first to be fully converted from airline to air tanker configuration entirely by Neptune itself; earlier 146 air tankers had been fully or partially converted by Tronos. Tanker 15 was previously operated […]
Air Spray has rolled out its newly modified BAe 146 air tanker, N907AS/Tanker 170 (msn E2156), at its Chico base. She was formerly OB-1948-P StarPerù, and was acquired by Air Spray in September 2013. The elaborate color scheme is actually a sticker.
After failing twice to secure suitable leases on Boeing 737s, Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) appears to have turned to two Avro RJ70s, instead. TAM’s Director, General Julio César Villarroel Camacho, announced on 24 May that the airline would lease two RJ70s from India and Romania. The two aircraft, he said, are […]
Bolivia’s EcoJet is adding another Avro RJ85 to its fleet. The newest addition is former Brussels Airlines RJ85 CP-3082 (msn E2292 ex G-CHDT, ex OO-DJS), who had been stored at Cranfield since June 2016, and before that at Southend. Still wearing basic Brussels Airlines colors, she departed Cranfield for Bolivia on […]
Irish airline CityJet has decided to keep its Avro RJ85s in service longer than planned. The airline started taking delivery of Sukhoi SSJ100 SuperJets last year, and now has six in service. The SuperJets were to gradually replace the RJ85s. “We originally thought we wouldn’t be using [the RJ85s] by 2018 or 2019, but […]
Brussels Airlines withdrew three more of its Avro RJ100s during April and May. OO-DWK (msn E3360) operated her last service, to Stockholm Bromma, on 2 April. She was then ferried to Norwich on 15 April and stored, prior to being formally returned to lessor on 4 May. OO-DWL (msn E3361) […]
Irish airline CityJet began operating two of its Avro RJ85s on behalf KLM subsidiary KLM Cityhopper on 15 May. EI-RJX started things off by operating KL979 from Amsterdam to London City, and then returning as KL980. She then operated KL1779/1780 to Hamburg and back and then KL947/948 to Belfast and back, before operating another […]
In a rather complicated arrangement, Jota Aviation is operating Avro RJ85 G-JOTR (msn E2294) on behalf of Flybe, on routes from Southend which Flybe is operating on behalf of Stobart Air. Flybe recently announced that it would operate two Embraer 195s on Stobart Air’s routes from Southend, on an ACMI […]
The certificates of registration of both of Minden Air‘s BAe 146s expired at the end of April. N446MA/Tanker 146 (msn E2111) was converted to the company’s ‘Fireliner’ air tanker configuration in 2014, but failed its Interagency Transportation Board drop tests. The company then ran out of resources to modify it […]
Start-up Atlantic Star has indicated that it has been informed by the St Helena government that it will not be invited to participate in the next phase of the Air Access tender process. Atlantic Star had proposed basing an Avro RJ100 on St Helena for a twice weekly service to Ascension Island. The RJ100 […]
