Chile’s Aerovías DAP has withdrawn the last of three Boeing 737-200s it was using on its ‘Mineral Airways’ flights in support of the mining industry.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 […]
After several months of inactivity, Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) resumed operations on 3 April in its new guise as TAM Empresa Pública (TAMep). The airline was awarded a provisional AOC in late March. At present, the airline’s sole aircraft is Avro RJ70 CP-3106 (msn E1252). She operated TAMep’s inaugural service, […]
Bolivia’s government has awarded TAM Empresa Pública (TAMep) a provisional AOC. Decree No.3846 grants the airline a six-month AOC, permitting it to resume operations, which had been suspended in July 2018. The decree noted TAM’s traditional role of serving isolated communities. The airline then announced that it intends to begin […]
StarPerú BAe 146-200QT freighter OB-1978-P (msn E2114) was broken up at Lima in December 2018. Built at Hatfield in 1988, she had been delivered to Ansett as VH-JJZ in 1989. She was acquired by Titan Airways as G-ZAPR in 2003, and then sold to StarPerú in 2011. StarPerú had hoped […]
Bolivia’s Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) has announced that Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) has entered the final phase of civil certification as a civil airline, to be known as TAM Empresa Pública (TAMep). The airline missed multiple deadlines to achieve civil certification, and suspended services on 31 July 2018 when it […]
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. […]
Bolivia’s EcoJet sent Avro RJ85 CP-3082 (msn E2292) to Lima for a C Check. She arrived in Lima on 3 October, then returned to Cochabamba on 6 November. She returned to service on 8 November, flying a typically frenetic EcoJet schedule: Cochabamba – Santa Cruz – Trinidad – Riberalta – Trinidad […]
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 […]
StarPerú has put the first of three Boeing 737-300s into service, replacing its last BAe 146. By August, StarPerú’s once large 146 fleet had been reduced to a single operational example, series 100 OB-1879-P (msn E1095). The airline is using its first 737 on routes to Tarapoto, Iquitos, and Pucallpa. […]
StarPerú is planning to replace its BAe 146s with Boeing 737-300s, the first of which, a former Southwest Airlines example, has already arrived at Lima. The airline once operated 737-200s, but replaced them with 146s beginning in 2008. At one point, StarPerú had no less than ten BAe 146s: two series […]
