Australia’s Cobham Aviation Services has placed Avro RJ100 VH-NJE (msn E3384) into service. She had been delivered in January, but required maintenance before she could enter service. After a flight test from Adelaide on 18 March, she was positioned to Perth later that day. Her first service was on Cobham’s […]
After a winter hiatus, CityJet has resumed services from London City to Firenze. The airline once served Firenze regularly on behalf of Air France. When CityJet’s Air France contract was reduced, it kept a seasonal service from London City. This year, Avro RJ85 EI-RJN (msn E2351) operated the first service, WX281/280 […]
Royal Air Avro RJ100 RP-C8962 (msn E3259) operated the inaugural flight into the new Cagayan North International Airport (CNIA) in Lal-lo, in Cagayan Province in northern Luzon, on 23 March. RP-C8962 brought 60 Chinese passengers on a charter flight from Macau. Because the Lal-lo airport does not yet have an […]
For the fourth time this year, a BAe 146 has been delivered to Australia. The newest acquisition is BAe 146-300QT EC-MCL, which has been acquired by Cobham Aviation Services (who outbid Pionair for her). She is the first 146QT to leave the fleet of ASL Airlines Spain, which in February […]
Iran’s Qeshm Airlines has acquired the former Starbow Avro RJ100 M-NONA (msn E3332 ex 9G-SBE) as EP-FQZ. She had been stored at Malta Luqa since late November 2017, after Starbow suspended services. Painted all white and wearing her Iranian registration, she departed Malta for Tehran on 16 March. Qeshm’s fleet […]
Conair Avro RJ85 air tanker C-GFVK/Tanker 391 (msn E2268) has returned home to Canada after completing its fire-fighting duties in Australia during the southern summer. She departed Avalon on 12 March, arriving back at Conair’s base at Abbotsford, British Columbia, on 14 March. During her stay, Tanker 391 conducted operations for Vic Emergency, […]
Aviro Air BAe 146-300 YR-AVR (msn E3193) stepped in to cover for Astra Airlines 146-300 SX-DIZ (msn E3206) on the routes the latter is operating for Sweden’s NextJet. SX-DIZ has been flying NextJet’s twice daily service from Stockholm Arlanda to Örnsköldsvik and on to Gällivare, in northern Sweden, since 8 January. […]
Filipino BAe 146 operator SkyJet has acquired another example of the type from Peru’s StarPerú. SkyJet had already acquired StarPerú’s OB-1885-P (msn E2087) as RP-C3855 in late 2016. Now it has added OB-1930-P (msn E2201) as RP-C6358. OB-1930-P had been idle for some time at Lima. Painted all white and […]
Tez Jet Avro RJ85 EX-27005 (msn E2305) suffered an uncontained failure of its number 1 engine on 1 March, while operating flight TEZ107 from Bishkek to Batken. Video taken by a passenger shows the left outboard engine’s nozzle tilted considerably off axis, and the aft part of the engine cowling […]
