Avro RJ70 FAB-107 (msn E1252) arrived in Cochabamba on 14 August, 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 years on the ground. She was supposed to […]
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 […]
General Julio César Villarroel Camacho, Director of Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM), has confirmed that the airline has bought Avro RJ70 T7-KMA (msn E1252) as FAB-107. The former MDLR Airways aircraft has been stored at Bacău since the Indian airline shut down in 2009, initially as VT-MDN. She is expected to arrive […]
Bolivia’s EcoJet placed Avro RJ85 CP-3082 (msn E2292) into service on 24 June, operating 8J781 from Cochabamba to Santa Cruz, then 8J842/843 to Trinidad and back to Santa Cruz. She had arrived in Bolivia on 31 May, still wearing the colors of former operator Brussels Airlines. She retains the basic white and gray […]
After failing twice to secure suitable leases on Boeing 737s, Bolivia’s Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) appears to have turned to two Avro RJ70s, instead. TAM’s Director, General Julio César Villarroel Camacho, announced on 24 May that the airline would lease two RJ70s from India and Romania. The two aircraft, he said, are […]
Bolivia’s EcoJet is adding another Avro RJ85 to its fleet. The newest addition is former Brussels Airlines RJ85 CP-3082 (msn E2292 ex G-CHDT, ex OO-DJS), who had been stored at Cranfield since June 2016, and before that at Southend. Still wearing basic Brussels Airlines colors, she departed Cranfield for Bolivia on […]
Chile’s Aerovías DAP has taken delivery of a third former Swiss Avro RJ100 acquired through lessor Tronos. The latest addition is RJ100 T7-IYY (msn E3339 ex HB-IYY). She flew her last service for Swiss on 3 April — a roundtrip from Zürich to London City as LX466/467 — and then departed […]
Star Up, parent of Peruvian BAe 146 operator StarPerú, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chile’s Latin American Wings (LAW) under which the two airlines would combine their operations. LAW operates four Boeing 737-300s; it had been a charter airline until recently, but launched scheduled operations in March. Under the […]
The Bolivian government has once again extended the deadline for Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) to restructure itself from a military unit to a civil state enterprise. The latest deadline, 31 January, was itself an extension of the previous 16 December 2016 deadline. With TAM still not ready to become a civil-certified airline, […]
Chile’s Aerovías DAP took delivery of another former Swiss Avro RJ100 just before the end of the year. RJ100 T7-IXP (msn E3283 ex HB-IXP) was acquired through lessor Tronos. Her last service for Swiss had been a roundtrip from Zürich to Milano Linate as LX1616/LX1617 on 19 December. She was ferried to Cranfield on the […]
