Swiss Avro RJ100 HB-IYZ (msn E3338) operated the airline’s last scheduled Avro RJ100 service on 14 August, bringing to an end almost 28 years of operations with BAe 146s and Avro RJs. HB-IYZ began the day by operating LX1612/1613 from Zürich to Milano Malpensa and back. Fittingly, her last scheduled service was […]
Avro RJ70 FAB-107 (msn E1252) arrived in Cochabamba on 14 August, almost a month after her planned arrival of 15 July. Her journey proved an eventful one, as she suffered the aches and pains of returning to the air after more that six years on the ground. She was supposed to […]
A Panamanian company, Albo Jet, is suing Bolivia’s EcoJet over three of its Avro RJ85s. Albo Jet claims to have acquired the titles to the three former Lufthansa CityLine RJ85s, then on lease to EcoJet, from Germany’s FlairJet in 2015. EcoJet has responded that it acquired the aircraft on financing leases and […]
South Africa’s Airlink placed its first Embraer ERJ 190 into service on 3 August, on flights from Johannesburg to Pietermaritzburg and Bulawayo. The airline is planning to replace its fleet of 12 Avro RJ85s with Embraer E-Jets over the next three years, and has already acquire three ERJ 170s and two ERJ […]
Jota is operating Avro RJ85 G-JOTR (msn E2294) on behalf of Air France‘s regional subsidiary, Hop!. She positioned to Toulouse in the early hours of 1 August, then entered service on the morning roundtrip to Lyon (A5 4211/4212). In addition to Lyon, she has also flown services to Nice and […]
Air Libya has acquired former Swiss Avro RJ100 HB-IYR (msn E3382) from Falko as 5A-FLE. HB-IYR has been in storage at Cranfield since February, when she was returned off-lease to Falko. She was re-registered as G-CFAF in March. That registration was cancelled on 12 July, and she was registered M-ABKX […]
BVI Airways has announced that a shortage of cash has forced it to lay off its flight crew, including both pilots and flight attendants. The airline indicated that the protracted regulatory process had burned through its available funding, including USD7 million provided by the government of the British Virgin Islands. […]
Irish airline CityJet has signed a contract with Avtrade covering component maintenance for the airline’s Avro RJ85s. The contract will last until CityJet retires its RJ85s. CityJet had planned to retire its RJ85s by 2018 or 2019 as Sukhoi SSJ100 SuperJets are delivered, but recently decided to retain them until about 2021. […]
Astra Airlines‘ BAe 146-300 SX-DIZ (E3206) has been frequently operating for Italy’s Meridiana in the past few months, usually for a single day at a time. These assignments are a far cry from la dolce vita, however. On the latest such assignment, on 9 July, SX-DIZ began the day by […]
BVI Airways has indicated that the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, which operates Miami airport, “jumped the gun” when it announced that the airline would begin services there on 22 July. The MDAP had announced that BVI Airways would operate two weekly roundtrips between Tortola and Miami, on Saturdays and Sundays. The […]
