South Africa’s Fair Aviation is using BAe 146-300 ZS-SOR (msn E3155) on charters. Fair Aviation had previously operated ZS-SOR on behalf of Air Djibouti, in that airline’s full colors, but that lease came to an end in late 2017. Recent charters have taken ZS-SOR to domestic destinations such as Kruger […]
Jota Aviation has taken delivery from ASL Airlines Spain of a second BAe 146-300QT freighter. EC-MID (msn E3168) operated her last flight on behalf of FedEx on 13 April, from Roma Ciampino to Liège. After a test flight on 17 April, she was ferried to Southend on 18 April. On the following day, […]
Tez Jet has placed Avro RJ85 EX-27005 (msn E2305) back in service. EX-27005 had suffered an un-contained failure of its number 1 engine on 1 March. The crew shut down the engine and returned safelt to Bishkek. After an engine change, she made a test flight from Bishkek on 5 April. She […]
Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) has begun a new route from Malmö to Helsinki using its Avro RJ100s, in partnership with Finnair. RJ100 SE-DSX (msn E3255) operated the first service on 16 April, departing Malmö as TF3911 at 11:54 local and landing in Helsinki at 14:13 local. She then returned as […]
Two Canadian Avro RJ100s were recently flown to the United Kingdom for maintenance. Summit Air RJ100 C-FXRJ (msn E3301) arrived first, departing Edmonton on 30 March and arriving at Cranfield the following day. On 10 April, North Cariboo Air‘s RJ100 C-FSUA (msn E3373) departed Calgary to follow her across the […]
Jota Aviation is acquiring four BAe 146-300QT freighters from ASL Airlines Spain. The airline had indicated some time ago that it was considering adding 146QTs and ASL’s decision to withdraw its fleet of the aircraft from service gave it the opportunity to do so. The first former ASL 146QT to […]
Germany’s WDL Aviation has bought Cello Aviation‘s BAe 146-200 G-RAJJ (msn E2108). In recent months, Cello has struggled to find work for this VIP-configured aircraft, even as its regularly-configured Avro RJ100, G-ILLR (msn E3379), has been steadily employed on ACMI contracts. G-RAJJ had been ferried to Cranfield for a C […]
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 […]
CityJet‘s contract to operate several flights on behalf of KLM Cityhopper has come to an end. The contract initially called for CityJet to operate two Avro RJ85s on KLM Cityhopper routes to London City and to other European destinations. This was reduced to a single aircraft as KLM Cityhopper’s own Embraer […]
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 […]
