After a two-week hiatus, Cello Aviation‘s Avro RJ100 G-ILLR (msn E3379) has resumed flying for Air France subsidiary Hop!. She positioned to Rennes on 1 September, flying in directly from Frankfurt, where she had operated a charter. She operated her first Hop! service the following day, to Nice and back as A5 […]
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 […]
Germany’s WDL Aviation has bought Cello Aviation‘s BAe 146-200 G-RAJJ (msn E2108). In recent months, Cello has struggled to find work for this VIP-configured aircraft, even as its regularly-configured Avro RJ100, G-ILLR (msn E3379), has been steadily employed on ACMI contracts. G-RAJJ had been ferried to Cranfield for a C […]
Cello Aviation is operating Avro RJ100 G-ILLR (msn E3379) on behalf of Air France and its subsidiary Hop!. She had previously operated several times on behalf of Hop! The current lease also began, on 15 February, with several flights for Hop!, but on 16 February G-ILLR began flying for services for Air France […]
Cello Aviation‘s new Avro RJ100, G-ILLR (msn E3379) entered service on 12 January, operating a roundtrip from Birmingham to Graz on behalf of bmi Regional as BM1405/1406, replacing the Embraer ERJ 145 that is normally used on the route. G-ILLR had been ferried to Birmingham on 2 January after painting […]
Cello Aviation‘s new Avro RJ100, G-ILLR (msn E3379 ex G-CFAC/HB-IYU), was ferried to Norwich on 20 December for painting into the airline’s colors. She had been in storage at Cranfield since having been returned off-lease by Swiss in early July. She was registered to Cello on 24 October, and has […]
Cello Aviation has announced that it will add an Avro RJ100 to its fleet. Cello already operates BAe 146-200 G-RAJJ (msn E2108) in a 46-seat VIP configuration. The RJ100 is to be registered G-ILLR. After maintenance and painting into Cello’s colors, she will be delivered in the first half of […]
Cello Aviation‘s VIP-configured BAe 146 G-RAJJ (msn E2108) operated a test flight to Aosta’s Corrado Gex Airport on 15 June. She arrived from Torino as CLJ101A in the early evening, touching down at 1817 local time. On the following day, after a morning of visits by local authorities, she departed […]
Start-up Atlantic Star has indicated that it has been informed by the St Helena government that it will not be invited to participate in the next phase of the Air Access tender process. Atlantic Star had proposed basing an Avro RJ100 on St Helena for a twice weekly service to Ascension Island. The RJ100 […]
Start-up Atlantic Star has bid to operate an Avro RJ100 on scheduled services to St Helena, in response to a request for proposals issued by the St Helena Government. Atlantic Star is proposing to base an Avro RJ100 on St Helena and operate it twice weekly to Ascension Island, possibly with […]
