Cello Aviation‘s Avro RJ100 G-ILLR (msn E3379) has returned to the United Kingdom after flying in France for most of the year. She had been operating for for Air France or its subsidiary Hop! since mid February. She operated her last service for the Air France, a roundtrip from Paris Orly to Lyon as AF […]
Jota Aviation took delivery of its fourth BAe 146-300QT from ASL Airlines Spain on 14 August. EC-MEO (msn E3186) operated what turned out to be her last flight for the Spanish airline on 8 August, from Roma Ciampino to Liège, but had to divert to Antwerp with technical problems. She […]
Köln-based WDL Aviation is planning to replace its four BAe 146s with Embraer 190s. In a statement, the company stated that it is looking for used aircraft, for delivery in early 2019, but stressed that “the price has to be right – our customers are used to the excellent economics […]
ASL Airlines Spain has reduced it’s once eight-strong BAe 146-300QT fleet to only two aircraft. Since early May, the airline has only been operating three 146QTs. Another of these was withdrawn from use at the end of July: EC-MCK (msn E3153) flew her last service on the 28 July, 3V […]
WDL Aviation‘s contract to operate three BAe 146s for EasyJet has been reduced to a single aircraft. EasyJet contracted WDL to help cover new routes added in the wake of the collapse of Air Berlin and its subsidiaries. As the airline has taken delivery of new aircraft, however, the need […]
After a prolonged stay in Canada, EcoJet Avro RJ85 CP-2814 (msn E2317) returned to Bolivia in late July. She had arrived at TronosJet’s facility at Summerside for C Check on 19 February, but the work took a longer than expected as she required an extensive overhaul of her landing gear as a result […]
This time, there was no last-minute reprieve for Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM). The airline was forced to suspend operations on 31 July when the latest deadline for it to receive civil certification passed. Just two days ago, the airline had announced that it was “concluding its first cycle of […]
Indonesia’s TransNusa Air Services is planning to expand its fleet of ATR72s by leasing three additional ATR72-600s. The new aircraft will replace the two BAe 146s that Aviastar operates on its behalf, as well as a Fokker 70. Recent news items on TransNusa:
Former Swiss Avro RJ100 M-ABKY (msn E3377, ex HB-IYV/G-CFAB) was delivered to Air Libya as 5A-FLG. She had been stored at Cranfield since November 2016, initially as HB-IYV and then as G-CFAB. She was registered as M-ABKY to Mohamed Ahmed Elobeid on 17 January. After some post-storage maintenance, she was […]
Peruvian economic weekly magazine Semana Económica is reporting that StarPerú‘s owners may be seeking to sell the airline. The airline’s market share has fallen from 6% in 2015 to only 3% at the end of 2017. At its peak, in 2011, StarPerú had a fleet of no less than ten BAe […]
