Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) announced on 2 May that it was suspending all services until 11 May to allow for preventive maintenance on its aircraft. TAM’s fleet is believed to include one operational BAe 146-200, FAB-106 (msn E2048). The airline is in the process of converting itself into a civil airline, to […]
The Accident Investigation Group (Grupo de Investigación de Acidentes y Incidentes, GRIAA) of Colombia’s Civil Aeronautics Authority published its final report on the November 2016 crash of LaMia Bolivia Avro RJ85 CP-2933 (msn E2348). The RJ85 crashed while on approach to Rionegro Airport, outside Medellín, while operating a charter flight for […]
Bolivia’s EcoJet ferried Avro RJ85 CP-2814 (msn E2317) to Summerside for C Check. She left her base at Cochabamba on 17 February, heading first to Cali, then on to Bahamas and Charlottetown, before arriving in Summersie on 19 February. TronosJet will carry out the C check. Recent news items on […]
Avro RJ70 FAB-108 (msn E1230 ex VT-MDM) is being ferried to Bolivia to join Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) in its new, civil version. She had been parked at Delhi since October 2009, when her former operator, MDLR Airlines, ceased operations. After receiving maintenance, she departed Delhi on 14 January, routing via Abu Dhabi, […]
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:
Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) has been granted additional time to achieve civil certification. The airline had been planning to suspend operations at the end of the year, when its current deadline expired. On 27 December, however, a presidential decree extended the deadline to 31 July 2018. TAM’s General Manager, General Julio César […]
Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) may be forced to suspend operations at the end of the year, when the latest extension of its deadline to convert to a civil airline runs out. The airline has been seeking to be certified as a civil airline, to be known as TAM Empresa Pública, for […]
Peruvian BAe 146 operator StarPerú has announced that it has abandoned plans to combine operations with Chile’s Latin American Wings (LAW). The plan had been announced in April. LAW had then taken an ownership stake in StarPerú’s parent company Star UP, and StarPerú had sold LAW’s flights between Lima and Santiago (usually […]
Avro RJ70 FAB-107 (msn E1252) arrived in Cochabamba on 14 August on delivery to Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM), almost a month after her planned arrival of 15 July. Her journey proved an eventful one, as she suffered the aches and pains of returning to the air after more that six […]
A Panamanian company, Albo Jet, is suing Bolivia’s EcoJet over three of its Avro RJ85s. Albo Jet claims to have acquired the titles to the three former Lufthansa CityLine RJ85s, then on lease to EcoJet, from Germany’s FlairJet in 2015. EcoJet has responded that it acquired the aircraft on financing leases and […]
