SAM Colombia has returned its last Avro RJ100 to BAE Systems. By the end of January, seven of the airline’s nine RJ100s had been ferried to the UK. N511MM (msn E3255) followed on 13 March. The last of the nine, N507MM (msn E3245) arrived at Woodford on 10 May. All […]
SAM Colombia is continuing to gradually return its Avro RJ100s to BAE Systems. The most recent arrivals at Woodford are N509MM (msn E3248), who arrived on 22 December, N512MM (msn E3263), who arrived at Woodford on 12 January after a brief stop at Bournemouth. In addition, N508MM (msn E3247) arrived […]
Inspection of the Avro RJ100s being returned to BAe by SAM Colombia has revealed some corrosion in the wings. This is thought to have resulted from microbiological contamination of the fuel, which can occur in climatic conditions such as are found in Colombia. BAe alerted SAM, who grounded the three […]
Two more of the Avro RJ100s being returned by SAM Colombia have arrived in Woodford. N510MM (msn E3250) arrived on 5 October, and N504MM (msn E3221) on 31 October. They join N505MM (msn E3242) and N506MM (msn E3244), who had arrived in September. Recent news items on SAM Colombia:
Swedish airline Braathens Malmö Aviation is set to acquire the nine former SAM Colombia RJ100s, which are being returned off-lease to BAe due to poor economic conditions in Colombia. The aircraft will supplement and replace Braathens Malmö’s current fleet of BAe 146-200s, providing greater capacity. Earlier, Malmö had negotiated to […]
Colombia’s wretched economic conditions are forcing SAM Colombia to return its fleet of nine Avro RJ100s to BAe. SAM has been flying its RJ100s on an intensive domestic schedule linking outlying Colombian cities with Bogotá, as well as to regional destinations, since 1994. However, economic conditions in Colombia have significantly […]
