Airbus has announced that it is planning to modify a BAe 146 for use as its E-Fan X demonstrator. The announcement confirms earlier rumors. Under the project, which is being undertaken in partnership with Rolls-Royce and Siemens, the 146’s number three engine will be replaced by a 2-megawatt electric-driven fan […]
South Africa’s Airlink has announced plans to merge with Safair. The two airlines would retain their separate identities, but be owned by the same company. Airlink operates 12 Avro RJ85s, but has begin to replace them with Embraer E-Jets. Safair was the first South African airline to operate BAe 146s, operating […]
Ghanaian Avro RJ operator Starbow Airlines suspended operations on 26 November following an accident to its newly-delivered ATR72-500. The ATR72 had been taking off from Accra on 25 November when it veered off the runway, apparently due to strong winds and heavy rain, and was damaged when it hit a perimeter […]
Irish Avro RJ85 operator CityJet is negotiating an extension to its contract to operate on behalf of Air France. In an interview with the Independent, CityJet CEO Pat Byrne expressed optimism that the airline would secure an extension of the contract, which expires in March 2018. Under the contract, CityJet bases […]
Brussels Airlines‘ last Avro RJ100, OO-DWD (msn E3324), left Bruxelles on 15 November. She was ferried to Cranfield as SN9901 for return to lessor. She had operated the airline’s last Avro RJ service on 28 October. She still wore Brussels Airlines colors, but the airline’s titles and logo had been […]
Avro RJ85 ZS-ASW (msn E2313) of Airlink suffered an uncontained engine failure in its number 2 engine on 8 November, while operating flight SA8103 from Harare to Johannesburg. Shrapnel from the engine then damaged the adjacent number 1 engine, as well. After assessing the damage and status of the aircraft, […]
Peruvian BAe 146 operator StarPerú has announced that it has abandoned plans to combine operations with Chile’s Latin American Wings (LAW). The plan had been announced in April. LAW had then taken an ownership stake in StarPerú’s parent company Star UP, and StarPerú had sold LAW’s flights between Lima and Santiago (usually […]
Kyrgyz airline Tez Jet has put its two newly-acquired Avro RJ85s into service, replacing its single BAe 146-200. Tez Jet had been operating BAe 146-200 EX-27002 (msn E2172), acquired from parent Avia Traffic Company, since 2013. The airline bought the two RJ85s from Greek airline Ellinair at the end of […]
