Former Orionair BAe 146-300 EC-JVJ (msn E3195) was broken up during June. She had long been stored at Exeter, having been stranded there in April 2009 when Orionair collapsed after the US Department of Commerce issued a Temporary Denial Order (TDO) on the airline for supplying 146s to Syrian Pearl, […]
The Syrian government is preventing OrionAir from recovering BAe 146-300 EC-JVO (msn E3179). The 146 had been flown to Syria in early May for operation on behalf of new airline Syrian Pearl, beginning operations on 4 May. On 7 May, however, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the […]
The US government has formally objected to Orionair‘s lease of two BAe 146s to Syrian airline Syrian Pearl, deeming it to be a “re-export” in violation of a trade embargo imposed on the country. On 7 May, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the US Department of Commerce […]
New BAe 146 operator Syrian Pearl began operations on 4 May, with flight PSB111 from Damascus to Aleppo. The flight was operated by Orionair using BAe 146-300 EC-JVO (msn E3179). Operations were to have started on 1 May, but were delayed by the late arrival of the aircraft. The initial […]
Spanish airline Orionair has received a one-year ACMI contract to operate its two BAe 146s on behalf of a new Syrian airline, Syrian Pearl. Syrian Pearl, a joint venture of Cham Holding, Syrianair, Kuwaiti company Aqeeq Aviation, and several individual investors, will be Syria’s first private scheduled airline. Operations are […]
Korda-Mentha Administrators, the administrator for bankrupt Ansett, is planning to repossess the two BAe 146s it had leased to Spanish airline Orionair, series 300 EC-JVJ (msn E3195) and EC-JVO (msn E3179). Orionair has been struggling since the abrupt cancellation of its contract to operate a BAe 146 in Italy on […]
On December 18, Italian tour operator Global Aviation Network (GAN) abruptly suspended the services it was operating from Salerno under the VolaSalerno brand. The interruption came abruptly, with the day’s Malpensa-bound flight already loaded and ready to depart. GAN blamed the suspension in part on the poor state of the […]
Italian start-up VolaSalerno is planning to add several new routes in the winter. The airline began operations from Salerno on 2 August, and currently flies to Milano Malpensa, Barcelona, and Bucuresti. On 1 December, flights will be added to Verona, Torino, and Catania. Verona will be served with twice-daily roundtrips […]
Spanish airline Orionair began operating services Salerno airport at Pontecagnano, near Napoli, on 2 August. The airline is operating the services under the ‘VolaSalerno’ brand, on behalf of Roma-based broker Global Aviation Network (GAN), who has received a contract to do so from local authorities. Orionair is basing one of […]
Orionair has returned BAe 146-200 EC-KKY (msn E2108) off-lease to BAE Systems Regional Aircaft. Orionair have apparently experienced considerable problems with this aircraft, and have seldom used her. She has been re-registered G-CFDH.
