Chile’s Aerovías DAP has painted Avro RJ100 CC-ARN (msn E3280) in a new special color scheme, based on the Chinstrap Penguin. The design was developed in-house, based on a drawing by Marianne Klock. After painting, she made a test flight on 3 December, and then operated two roundtrips to Antarctica […]
Chile’s Aerovías DAP has withdrawn the last of three Boeing 737-200s it was using on its ‘Mineral Airways’ flights in support of the mining industry.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 […]
Chile’s Aerovías DAP has painted a second BAe 146-200 in a special color scheme representing a king penguin. CC-ACO (msn E2094) was noted wearing the new colors in December. She joins CC-CZP (msn E2042), who was the first to be so painted, in December 2016. The schemes on the two […]
Chile’s Aerovías DAP put a second Avro RJ100 into service in mid October. RJ100 CC-ATI (msn E3339 ex HB-IYY/T7-IYY) is one of three former Swiss RJ100s that DAP acquired through lessor Tronos in 2016-17. RJ100 CC-ARN (msn E3280, ex T7-IXS) entered service in late 2017, but the others encountered paperwork difficulties. […]
Chile’s Aerovías DAP has acquired BAe 146-100 N114M (msn E1068) from lessor Tronosjet. Originally built for China Eastern in 1986, N114M had been operated in a VIP configuration by Moncrief Oil since 1997. She was acquired by Tronos in May 2017 and ferried to Summerside. Her registration was cancelled in […]
Chile’s Aerovías DAP put the first of its Avro RJ100s into service in late December. CC-ARN (msn E3280, ex T7-IXS) is one of three former Swiss RJ100s that DAP has acquired through lessor Tronos. Recent news items on Aerovías DAP:
Chile’s Aerovías DAP has taken delivery of a third former Swiss Avro RJ100 acquired through lessor Tronos. The latest addition is RJ100 T7-IYY (msn E3339 ex HB-IYY). She flew her last service for Swiss on 3 April — a roundtrip from Zürich to London City as LX466/467 — and then departed […]
Chile’s Aerovías DAP took delivery of another former Swiss Avro RJ100 just before the end of the year. RJ100 T7-IXP (msn E3283 ex HB-IXP) was acquired through lessor Tronos. Her last service for Swiss had been a roundtrip from Zürich to Milano Linate as LX1616/LX1617 on 19 December. She was ferried to Cranfield on the […]
Aerovías DAP rolled out BAe 146-200 CC-CZP (msn E2042) in a new color scheme representing a king penguin. Hitherto, Aerovías DAP has limited itself to applying its titles to whatever colors the aircraft wore when they were acquired, resulting in a rather drab and heterogeneous fleet. The airline has now […]
On 9 November, BAe 146-200 CC-ACO (msn E2094) operated Aerovías DAP‘s inaugural flight from Punta Arenas to Ushuaia, in Argentina—the southernmost city in the world. The flight departed Punta Arenas at 14:00 local, arriving at Ushuaia at 14:30, where it was greeted by a water cannon salute. The route will […]
