Former MDLR Airways Avro RJ70 T7-KMA receiving some attention at Bacău in late June (Stefan Dan – Plane Spotters Bacău)
General Julio César Villarroel Camacho, Director of Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM), has confirmed that the airline has bought Avro RJ70 T7-KMA (msn E1252) as FAB-107. The former MDLR Airways aircraft has been stored at Bacău since the Indian airline shut down in 2009, initially as VT-MDN. She is expected to arrive in Bolivia on 15 July, and will be used by TAM to obtain certification from civil aviation authorities as TAM-Empresa Pública. The airline was supposed to have begun operating as a civil airline by 30 June, but has recently received yet another deadline extension, to the end of the year.
Recent news items on TAM:
- TAM-Public Entreprise to operate Avro RJ70s? (2017-05-29)
- Deadline for TAM to convert to civil status extended (again) (2017-02-11)
- Government orders TAM to end commercial passenger services (2016-12-18)
- TAM tax bill may affect operations (2015-11-10)
- TAM BAe 146 displayed in new museum (2015-10-31)
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