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 […]
Sweden’s Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) has retired Avro RJ100 SE-DSP (msn E3242). She flew her last service, TF148 from Stockholm Arlanda to Malmö Sturup on 26 February. Later that day, she was ferried to Copenhagen Kastrup, where she will be parted out. SE-DSP was part of a batch of RJ100s […]
Sweden’s Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) has acquired former Swiss Avro RJ100 G-CFAD (msn E3380 ex HB-IYT) to replace RJ100 SE-DST (msn E3247), who was declared an insurance write-off. G-CFAD was stored at Cranfield after being returned off-lease by Swiss at the end of 2016. In mid-2017 she was ferried to […]
KLM UK Engineering has signed a contract to undertake heavy maintenance on Braathens Regional Airlines’ (BRA) Avro RJs. The contract builds on BRA’s existing relationship with KLM UK Engineering, who has been carrying out airframe maintenance checks on its RJs since last year. BRA operates ten RJ100s and two RJ85s. A plan […]
Avro RJ100 SE-DST (msn E3247) of Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) has been declared an insurance write-off. She suffered severe damage to her rudder on 26 December 2016, when she was hit by the winglet of an Airbus A340 being towed on an adjacent taxiway. She has been stored at Copenhagen […]
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft marked 27 years of continuous operations of BAe 146s and Avro RJs by Swiss by presenting the airline with an engraved glass plaque during the recent BAE Systems Flight Operations Support Conference, which was held at Prestwick. Swiss’ predecessor Crossair took delivery of the first of […]
Avro RJ100 SE-DST (E3247) of Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) is reported to have been damaged at Copenhagen’s Kastrup airport in late December of last year. She was holding short of its parking stand after arriving on a flight from Goteborg on 26 December when her rudder was hit by the winglet […]
Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) has signed a two-year extension to its long-standing JetSpares contract for its ten RJ100s and two RJ85s with BAE Systems Regional Aircraft. BRA is now JetSpares oldest customer, having signed its first contract in April 1996. The extension comes on the heels of the airline’s announcement that it was […]
2017 is going to see a substantial reduction in Avro RJ operations in Europe, with two major operators planning to withdraw their fleets entirely, and two others likely to reduce theirs. Brussels Airlines started the year with eight remaining Avro RJ100s, but has already taken one of those out of service. […]
Malmö Aviation passed into history as the last two Avro RJ100s that still wore its titles were repainted into the Braathens Regional Airlines colors. Avro RJ100s SE-DSS (msn E3245), show had been in full Malmö colors, and SE-RJI (msn E3357), who had remained in partial Atlantic Airways colors since being leased […]
