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 […]
After a prolonged stay in Canada, EcoJet Avro RJ85 CP-2814 (msn E2317) returned to Bolivia in late July. She had arrived at TronosJet’s facility at Summerside for C Check on 19 February, but the work took a longer than expected as she required an extensive overhaul of her landing gear as a result […]
This time, there was no last-minute reprieve for Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM). The airline was forced to suspend operations on 31 July when the latest deadline for it to receive civil certification passed. Just two days ago, the airline had announced that it was “concluding its first cycle of […]
Peruvian economic weekly magazine Semana Económica is reporting that StarPerú‘s owners may be seeking to sell the airline. The airline’s market share has fallen from 6% in 2015 to only 3% at the end of 2017. At its peak, in 2011, StarPerú had a fleet of no less than ten BAe […]
Peruvian BAe 146 operator StarPerú has formed a commercial alliance with Boeing 737 operator Peruvian Airlines. Under their joint “Peruvian Alliance”, the two airlines will codeshare on each others’ flights. StarPerú currently operates two BAe 146-100s and one -300. Several other 146 have been withdrawn from use. StarPerú had earlier tried […]
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 […]
