The Royal Air Force is considering selling the four VIP-configured BAe 146s operated by No.32 (The Royal) Squadron. Although no firm decision has been made, the four aircraft (two CC2 and two CC3s) were included in a brochure of available aircraft distributed by the UK’s Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) […]
WDL Aviation‘s contract to operate a BAe 146-200 on behalf of Flybe on routes between the United Kingdom and Germany came to an end on 30 August. D-AMGL (msn E2055) has been operating for Flybe since 1 August, generally flying two or three roundtrips a day. When some technical problems put her behind […]
Sweden’s Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) is putting its fleet of eight Avro RJ100s and two RJ85s up for sale, and appointed Skyworld Aviation as its exclusive agent to remarket the fleet, along with spare engines, spares, and tooling. BRA had announced in April that it intended to withdraw its Avro RJs from service and focus […]
Slovenia’s Adria Airways is once again leasing a BAe 146-200 from WDL Aviation. Adria had previously briefly leased D-AZFR (msn E2108) in May. This time the airline is using D-AWUE (msn E2050), who positioned to Ljubljana on 27 August, then began flying on behalf of Adria the following day, operating JP 102/103 and 158/159 […]
In addition to flying charters (sports teams have been particularly frequent clients), Jota Aviation‘s BAe 146s and Avro RJs have flown services on behalf of a wide variety of airlines, sometimes on a long-term basis and sometimes ad hoc. Jota recently added a new client to its roster, when RJ100 […]
In early July, BAE Systems Corporate Air Travel retired BAe 146-200 G-TYPH (msn E2200), replacing her with an Embraer ERJ 145. G-TYPH was parked at Warton, awaiting her fate. But in mid-August she was pressed briefly back into service. With one 145 undergoing heavy maintenance, Corporate Air Travel found itself short-handed. It […]
Pionair‘s contract to operate BAe 146-200QC VH-SAZ (msn E2148) on behalf of New Zealand’s Parcelair came to an end on 17 August. VH-SAZ had been operating in New Zealand since 10 July, helping to cover capacity shortfalls due to two of Parcelair’s three Boeing 737-400F freighters being down for maintenance. […]
Two Avro RJs of Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) diverted to Malmö on 10 August due to unusual engine sounds. RJ85 SE-DJN (msn E2231) went first. Her crew detected unusual sounds soon after departing Göteborg on flight TF8238 to Kefallinia. They diverted to Malmö and landed safely. A few hours later, […]
The Indonesian government’s VIP-configured Avro RJ85, PK-PJJ (msn E2239), has returned to service. She had been parked at Jakarta Halim in May, with titles and logo removed. This appears to have been a temporary rather than a permanent halt to flying. She was noted at Pondok Cabe on 31 July once […]
WDL Aviation BAe 146-200 D-AZFR (msn E2108) operated her last services on behalf of Greece’s Sky Express on 4 August. She had been leased to cover for a damaged ATR42, and had been flying for Sky Express since 15 July. Her last day in Greece was a busy one for […]
