First Air merged with competitor Canadian North on 10 July. The two airlines will fly under the Canadian North brand, but with the red-and-white color scheme recently adopted by First Air. Summit Air currently operates one of its Avro RJ85s on behalf of First Air, on services between Edmonton, Yellowknife, […]
Two Canadian Avro RJ100s were recently flown to the United Kingdom for maintenance. Summit Air RJ100 C-FXRJ (msn E3301) arrived first, departing Edmonton on 30 March and arriving at Cranfield the following day. On 10 April, North Cariboo Air‘s RJ100 C-FSUA (msn E3373) departed Calgary to follow her across the […]
Canada’s Summit Air has added a second Avro RJ100 to its fleet. C-GZRJ (msn E3359) is the former Swiss HB-IYW, acquired from TronosJet. Tronos had taken delivery of HB-IYW in mid-June 2017. Following her arrival in Canada, she was registered as C-FXQJ, and then G-CKRG. She did not end up […]
Summit Air Avro RJ85 C-FERJ (msn E2290) arrived in Cranfield on 2 April for maintenance. She departed the airline’s base at Edmonton on 1 April, and routed via Churchill, Iqaluit, Keflavik, Glasgow, continuing on to Cranfield on the following day. She is normally operated on behalf of First Air, whose […]
Canada’s Summit Air has taken delivery of former Cobham Aviation Avro RJ100 C-FXRJ (msn E3301). She had returned to the UK from Australia in October 2016, as VH-NJH, and been placed in storage at Cranfield. While there, she reverted to her previous UK registration of G-BXAS, but this was cancelled […]
Canada’s Summit Air has extended its partnership agreement with First Air. Summit Air has been operating Avro RJ85 C-FERJ (msn E2290) on behalf of First Air, in that airline’s colors, since June 2015, on scheduled services from Edmonton to Yellowknife and on to Norman Wells and Inuvik. This partnership has now been extended for another four […]
North Cariboo Air has painted mustaches onto Avro RJ100 C-GSUI (msn E3369) to mark Movember, an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s suicide. Recent news items on North Cariboo […]
Summit Aviation ferried Avro RJ85 C-FLRJ (msn E2302) to Cranfield for a C check with Avalon Aero. She arrived at Cranfield on 25 June, via Keflavik. She made a test flight on 27 July and the departed back to Canada on 28 July, once again routing via Keflavik. Summit took […]
Avro RJ85 C-FLRJ (msn E2302) of Summit Aviation helped evacuate families from the town of Fort McMurray, Alberta, that was threatened by a massive forest fire. The fire, which started on 1 May, eventually destroyed most of Fort McMurray, forcing the entire town to be evacuated. Most left by road, […]
Canada’s Summit Air has taken delivery of its second Avro RJ85, C-FERJ (msn E2290 ex G-CHFR/OO-DJR). A former Brussels Airlines aircraft, she has been in storage at Southend since March 2012. She received post-storage maintenance by Inflite earlier this year, and was rolled out in early May. After several test […]
