A second Avro RJ100 is being prepared for Philippine airline Royal Air Charter Service. RJ100 RP-C8962 (msn E3259) was noted at Indopeltia’s facility at Pondok Cabe on 27 December with Royal Air titles in red on the forward fuselage and the airline’s logo on the tail. A former Swiss example, she […]
Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) has been granted additional time to achieve civil certification. The airline had been planning to suspend operations at the end of the year, when its current deadline expired. On 27 December, however, a presidential decree extended the deadline to 31 July 2018. TAM’s General Manager, General Julio César […]
Cello Aviation‘s new Avro RJ100, G-ILLR (msn E3379 ex G-CFAC/HB-IYU), was ferried to Norwich on 20 December for painting into the airline’s colors. She had been in storage at Cranfield since having been returned off-lease by Swiss in early July. She was registered to Cello on 24 October, and has […]
Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) may be forced to suspend operations at the end of the year, when the latest extension of its deadline to convert to a civil airline runs out. The airline has been seeking to be certified as a civil airline, to be known as TAM Empresa Pública, for […]
As in previous years, CityJet operated a special “Santa Express” flight for young patients from Temple Street Children’s Hospital and their families. This year’s flight was operated by Avro RJ85 EI-RJH (msn E2345) on 15 December. EI-RJH had been based in Paris to operate on behalf of Air France, but returned to Dublin […]
The government of the British Virgin Islands has notified BVI Airways that it considers it in breach of its contract to operate direct flights between the islands and the USA. The government had provided the airline USD7.2 million in subsidies to enable to being services. Although it had received all the necessary authorizations […]
After deciding earlier this year to keep its Avro RJ85s in service longer than planned, Irish airline CityJet is now considering accelerating their retirement. In May, CityJet executive chairman and founder Pat Byrne told the Sunday Independent that he expected to continue using the RJ85s until about 2021. In a recent interview with CAPA, however, Mr […]
Several Miss Universe candidates were on hand on 8 December to help BAe 146-100 RP-C5255 (msn E1104) inaugurate SkyJet‘s new route from Manila to Camiguin, a small island just to the north of Mindanao. In addition to authorities from the Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) and the island, the passengers on the inaugural flight […]
Two of Neptune Aviation‘s BAe 146 air tankers had to cut short their winter vacation. All of the company’s 146 tankers had recently returned to its Missoula base at what they thought was the completion of the fire season. With new wildfires raging in southern California, however, Neptune Tankers 10 […]
A dispute between the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense and Treasury over use of No.32 (The Royal) Squadron aircraft, including its BAe 146s, has been settled. On 6 December, The Times had reported that Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson had instructed 32 Squadron not to accept any more requests from Chancellor Philip Hammond until […]
