Cobham Aviation Services Avro RJ85 VH-NJW (msn E2329) was damaged in a ground accident at Perth Airport on 30 July. She was departing the passenger terminal on a FIFO flight to the Granny Smith Gold Mine in Laverton, in Western Australia, when the brakes apparently failed and she hit a […]
Flight reports that some or all of Australia’s Cobham Aviation Services may be sold by US private equity firm Advent International, which recently acquired the airline’s UK-based parent company, Cobham. Cobham’s Australian operations include nine BAe 146s and Avro RJs operated by its Regional Services division, primarily in support of […]
The proposed joint venture between Ireland’s CityJet and Spain’s Air Nostrum has been approved by the European Commission. The two airlines will become part of a new holding company, but will continue operating under their own brands. Together, the two airlines have about 100 aircraft. CityJet’s fleet includes nine Avro RJ85s, which it operates […]
More of Neptune Aviation‘s BAe 146 air tankers have been activated, bringing to six the number of tankers currently in service. T-40 (msn E2049) was supposed to participate in the AirVenture airshow in Oshkosh, but on the morning of her scheduled departure she was activated and instead of flying east […]
First Air merged with competitor Canadian North on 10 July. The two airlines will fly under the Canadian North brand, but with the red-and-white color scheme recently adopted by First Air. Summit Air currently operates one of its Avro RJ85s on behalf of First Air, on services between Edmonton, Yellowknife, […]
Almost seven years after CityLine operated its last Avro RJ85 flight on behalf of Lufthansa Regional, an RJ85 is once again flying on the German airline’s routes, in the form of CityJet‘s EI-RJU (msn E2365). Lufthansa is wet-leasing the RJ85 to operate several routes on its behalf. EI-RJU had been […]
Chile’s Aerovías DAP has withdrawn the last of three Boeing 737-200s it was using on its ‘Mineral Airways’ flights in support of the mining industry. The last 737 flight was operated on 12 July. The 737s had joined DAP’s fleet in 2013, supplementing the airline’s BAe 146s. With the 737s […]
Filipino airline SkyJet has inaugurated a new route, from Manila to the newly constructed airport at San Vicente, on the island of Palawan. The route allows travelers headed to tourist destinations in northern Palawan to avoid a long overland trip from Puerto Princesa. BAe 146-200 RP-C6358 (msn E2201) flew the inaugural […]
WDL Aviation is once again operating for Greece’s Sky Express, covering for an ATR42-500 that was substantially damaged when it ran off the runway at Naxos on 12 July. WDL had operated BAe 146-200 D-AWUE (msn E2050) for Sky Express for several weeks in April-May. This time it was D-AZFR (msn E2108) […]
Swedish aviation website flyg24nyheter reports that Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) is studying options to replace its Avro RJs on several routes from Stockholm Bromma. The airline has indicated that it intends to withdraw its Avro RJs from service during 2020, and focus its fleet on the ATR72. However, it would like to retain jet […]
