Aircraft and component broker Executive Jet Support (EJS) has acquired former Starbow BAe 146-300 D-AEJS (msn E3183 ex 9G-SBC) as a source for parts. Executive Jet Support, based near London Heathrow, provides commercial aircraft, engines, and airframe components to almost 200 operators in over 40 countries worldwide. German airline WDL has already purchased the main […]
Starbow Airlines took delivery of former Brussels Airlines Avro RJ100 9G-SBE (msn E3332). She was rolled out from the paintshop at Norwich on 16 September, wearing a modified color scheme, and departed to Accra the following day. Starbow once operated four BAe 146-300s, but 9G-SBA (msn E3125) has long been […]
Former Brussels Airlines Avro RJ100 OO-DWF (msn E3332) is being prepared for delivery to Ghana’s Starbow Airlines. She has been parked at Cranfield since 5 May, when she was returned off-lease to Falko Regional Aircraft Ltd. She was briefly re-registered as G-CJFV on 2 June, but this registration was never […]
Starbow Airlines has ferried BAe 146-300 9G-SBC (msn E3183) to Cranfield for a C check. She left Accra on 31 May, and arrived in Cranfield the following day, after stopping in Algiers and Bordeaux. 9G-SBC is Starbow’s last operational 146. Two of the airline’s other 146s (9G-SBB msn E3123 and […]
BAe 146-300 9G-SBC (msn E3183) of Starbow Airlines was ferried to Southend on 3 December for maintenance with Inflite. She departed back to Accra via Algiers on 22 December. She is currently Starbow’s only active 146. The airline also operates an ATR42 and a Q400, both of which are leased. […]
BAe 146-300 9G-SBB (msn E3123) of Starbow Airlines suffered substantial damage in a runway overrun at Tamale in northern Ghana on 6 October. She was arriving from Accra on flight S9 110 at 08:31 local time, when she landed long, and overran the usable portion of the runway. She punched through […]
Ghana’s Starbow Airlines resumed operations on 4 November. Operations had been suspended in the wake of the hydraulic failure experienced by BAe 146-200 9G-SBD (msn E2059) on 28 October, to allow the airline’s remaining aircraft to be inspected. Although a statement by Deputy Transport Minister Joyce Bawa Mogtari on 29 […]
BAe 146-200 9G-SBD (msn E2059) of Starbow Airlines experienced hydraulic problems while operating flight S9 124 from Accra to Takoradi on 28 October. During the climb out of Accra, the landing gear would not fully retract. The crew leveled off at 6000 feet and then returned to Accra, but found that the […]
Starbow Airlines has apparently decided to withdraw from use BAe 146-300 9G-SBA (msn E3125). She had been due for annual maintenance in May, and was also to have entered the life extension programme (LEP). However, the airline concluded that this would be uneconomic, and has parked her at its Accra […]
Ghana’s Starbow Airlines has awarded a maintenance contract to Aerostar SA. Under the contract, Aerostar will carry out C checks on Starbow’s BAe 146s at its facility in Bacău, Romania. Series 300 9G-SBB (msn E3122) has already undergone annual maintenance at Bacău, flying there on 31 May and returning to […]
