Neptune Aviation Services became an all-BAe 146 operator on 30 September, when it officially retired its last Lockheed P2V Neptune air tankers during a ceremony at its Missoula base. Neptune selected the BAe 146 as a replacement for its P2Vs, and started working on an air tanker conversion, in cooperation […]
In a ceremony held at Gaborone airport on 28 September, Ansett Aviation Spares and Services donated the airframe of former Air Botswana Avro RJ85 A2-ABG (msn E2303) to a Botswanan non-profit organization, Dare to Dream. Dare to Dream was founded by Captain Kgomotso Phatsima, one of the Botswana Defence Force’s (BDF) first female […]
Brussels Airlines continues to wind down its Avro RJ100 fleet, and now only has a single example of the type left in service. Following several retirements in the spring, the airline operated three RJ100s over the summer. Retirements resumed once the busy summer flying wound down. RJ100 OO-DWC (msn E3322) flew her […]
Cobham Aviation Services‘s contract to provide flights between Perth and Barrow Island in support of Chevron’s operations and projects in Western Australia has been renewed for a further five years. Cobham has been flying for Chevron since 2010. Flights to Barrow Island require special precautions to avoid damaging the Class […]
Avro RJ100 VP-LWW (msn E3274) of BVI Airways was ferried from Fort Lauderdale to Summerside on 26 August. She had been stored at Fort Lauderdale since 7 June, following the end of its contract with Haiti’s Sunrise Airways. She joins the airline’s other RJ100, VP-LOS (msn E3282), who had been undergoing maintenance by Tronosjet. The airline was planning to begin […]
