BAe 146-200 ZS-SBD (msn E2053), who had been stored at Lanseria since 2010, has been broken up. She had last flown for Gabon’s Nationale Regional Transport as TR-LIR, returning to Lanseria in July 2010. Following the collapse of African Airline Investments (AAI), she remained parked at Lanseria, still in NRT […]
Former Air Dolomiti BAe 146-300 ZS-SOR (msn E3155) has been ferried from Lanseria to nearby Rand, ending a long period of inactivity. She had arrived at Lanseria in August 2010, imported by African Airline Investments, but had not flown since, even as she was sequentially re-registered to a number of […]
South Africa’s Freedom Air has acquired one of the BAe 146s orphaned by the collapse of African Airline Investments (AAI) last last year. At the time, series 200 ZS-SOV (msn E2077) had been operating for Cronos Airlines in Equatorial Guinea, under the AOC of Lanseria-based AirQuarius. She returned to Lanseria […]
It has now been confirmed that BAe 146 operations by Gabon’s Nationale Régionale Transport (NRT) ended soon after the collapse of African Airline Investments (AAI). AAI had been operating BAe 146-300 ZS-SOP (msn E3187) on behalf of the Gabonese airline. Like other AAI 146s, ZS-SOP had been operated under the […]
Lanseria-based African Airline Investments (AAI) appears to have closed down. The company owns seven BAe 146s, including four series 200s (ZS-SBD msn E2053, ZS-SFZ msn E2030, ZS-SOV msn E2077, and ZS-SOW msn E2069) and three series 300s (ZS-SOP msn E3187, ZS-SOR msn E3155, and ZS-SOU msn E3118). Of these, ZS-SOP […]
Another African airline has joined the ranks of BAe 146/Avro RJ operators. Cronos Airlines of Equatorial Guinea is leasing former Eurowings BAe 146-200 ZS-SOV (msn E2077, ex G-UKRH/D-AEWE) from African Airlines Investments. She was noted at Lanseria painted in the airline’s colors on 14 August, and departed for Malabo soon […]
Comores Aviation International appears to have ended its operations with the BAe 146. The airline had leased BAe 146-200 D6-BJH (msn E2030) from African Airline Investments since late 2008. The 146 returned to Lanseria in March, apparently for maintenance, but has remained at Lanseria since, and has now been restored […]
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has announced the sale of five BAe 146s to African Airline Investments (AAI). The five aircraft include two series 200s, msns E2069 (ex D-AEWD) and E2077 (ex D-AEWE), and three series 300s, msn E3118 (ex D-AQUA), E3155 (ex I-ADJJ), and E3187 (ex D-AHOI). All were previously […]
Two BAe 146s ended their delivery flights in style, arriving in formation over their new home at Lanseria, near Johannesburg. Series 200 ZS-SOV (msn E2077 ex D-AEWE) and series 300 ZS-SOP (msn E3187 ex D-AHOI) are former Eurowings aircraft that have been acquired by African Airline Investments (AAI). They departed […]
