Cobham Aviation operated a mini-airlift to Melbourne on 28 September, with no less than four of its Avro RJs flying charters to Essendon Airport bringing fans to watch the 2018 Australian Football League Grand Final between the West Coast Eagles and the Collingwood Football Club, held the following day (West Coast […]
WDL Aviation‘s BAe 146-200 D-AZFR (msn E2108) ended her month-long contract to fly for SAS. She had been flying for SAS since 2 September, operating from Copenhagen. She flew her last SAS service, a roundtrip to Aalborg as SK1215/1210, on 28 September. She then flew directly to Strasbourg to begin […]
Cobham Aviation Services has placed BAe 146-300QT VH-NJI (msn E3154) into service. Cobham acquired her from ASL Airlines Spain in February, and she was ferried to Australia in early March, arriving in Adelaide on 19 March after a delay en route due to a ground collision at Darwin. After being […]
A Summit Air Avro RJ85 participated in a plane pull for charity at Yellowknife on 15 September. Teams formed by local residents competed to pull her over a distance of 25 feet, against the clock. The local Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) posted the best time, at just under 10 […]
Air Spray‘s BAe 146-200 air tanker N907AS/Tanker 170 (msn E2156) conducted retardant drop tests at Lancaster Fox Field on 20 and 21 September. She then returned to her base at Chico. The grid test measures the coverage of retardant drops, and are required to obtain the approval of the Interagency […]
Filipino Avro RJ100 operator Royal Air is planning to operated domestic scheduled services from its base at Clark International Airport, north of Manila. The airline has recently been awarded the authority to operate commercial scheduled domestic and international flights by the country’s Civil Aeronautics Board. It plans to fly to […]
Qinetiq has acquired former Brussels Airlines Avro RJ100 OO-DWD (msn E3324) as a source of spares for the RJ100 and RJ70 it operates on behalf of the Empire Test Pilots School’s (ETPS). OO-DWD operated Brussels Airlines’ last Avro RJ service on 28 October 2017. She has been stored at Cranfield […]
Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) Avro RJ100 SE-DSU (msn E3248) has been repainted in the airline’s normal color scheme after several years wearing a special scheme celebrating Sweden’s national football team. She had initially been painted in a special scheme in 2006, when the airline was still known as Malmö Aviation. […]
BAE Systems has won a contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to support the Royal Air Force’s Command Support Air Transport (CSAT) fleet of four BAe 146s. The CSAT fleet includes two 146 CC2s in VIP configuration and two 146 CC3s quick-change variants. It is operated by 32 (The […]
WDL Aviation is adding three BAe 146-300QT freighters to its fleet. The airline has acquired three of the QTs that have recently been retired by ASL Airlines Spain. The first, EC-LOF (msn E3150), was delivered to WDL’s base at Köln on 19 April. Two further QTs were delivered in August: […]
