Chile’s Aerovías DAP has painted Avro RJ100 CC-ARN (msn E3280) in a new special color scheme, based on the Chinstrap Penguin. The design was developed in-house, based on a drawing by Marianne Klock. After painting, she made a test flight on 3 December, and then operated two roundtrips to Antarctica […]
Bolivia’s Ecojet is celebrating the 6th anniversary of its first flight, operated on 24 November 2013 by Avro RJ85 CP-2814 (msn E2278). The flight departed from the airline’s Cochabamba base and flew to Sucre; it then continued to Santa Cruz before returning to Cochabamba. On the same day, RJ85 CP-2788 (msn […]
Bolivia’s TAMep has still not resumed services, which it suspended on 28 September. The airline had announced on 27 September that it would cancel all its services from the following day through 3 October for unspecified “administrative adjustments.” Over two weeks later, services remain suspended, with the booking function on […]
Bolivia’s TAMep announced on 27 September that it would cancel all its services from the following day through 3 October for unspecified “administrative adjustments.” The airline began services on 3 April, using Avro RJ70 CP-3106 (msn E1252). Recent news items on TAMep:
Chile’s Aerovías DAP has withdrawn the last of three Boeing 737-200s it was using on its ‘Mineral Airways’ flights in support of the mining industry.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 has painted a second BAe 146-200 in a special color scheme representing a king penguin. CC-ACO (msn E2094) was noted wearing the new colors in December. She joins CC-CZP (msn E2042), who was the first to be so painted, in December 2016. The schemes on the two […]
