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 […]
StarPerú has put the first of three Boeing 737-300s into service, replacing its last BAe 146. By August, StarPerú’s once large 146 fleet had been reduced to a single operational example, series 100 OB-1879-P (msn E1095). The airline is using its first 737 on routes to Tarapoto, Iquitos, and Pucallpa. […]
StarPerú is planning to replace its BAe 146s with Boeing 737-300s, the first of which, a former Southwest Airlines example, has already arrived at Lima. The airline once operated 737-200s, but replaced them with 146s beginning in 2008. At one point, StarPerú had no less than ten BAe 146s: two series […]
Peruvian economic weekly magazine Semana Económica is reporting that StarPerú‘s owners may be seeking to sell the airline. The airline’s market share has fallen from 6% in 2015 to only 3% at the end of 2017. At its peak, in 2011, StarPerú had a fleet of no less than ten BAe […]
Peruvian BAe 146 operator StarPerú has formed a commercial alliance with Boeing 737 operator Peruvian Airlines. Under their joint “Peruvian Alliance”, the two airlines will codeshare on each others’ flights. StarPerú currently operates two BAe 146-100s and one -300. Several other 146 have been withdrawn from use. StarPerú had earlier tried […]
Filipino BAe 146 operator SkyJet has acquired another example of the type from Peru’s StarPerú. SkyJet had already acquired StarPerú’s OB-1885-P (msn E2087) as RP-C3855 in late 2016. Now it has added OB-1930-P (msn E2201) as RP-C6358. OB-1930-P had been idle for some time at Lima. Painted all white and […]
Peruvian BAe 146 operator StarPerú has announced that it has abandoned plans to combine operations with Chile’s Latin American Wings (LAW). The plan had been announced in April. LAW had then taken an ownership stake in StarPerú’s parent company Star UP, and StarPerú had sold LAW’s flights between Lima and Santiago (usually […]
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 […]
StarPerú is considering options to replace its BAe 146 fleet, which includes two series 100s, four series 200s, two series 300s, and one series 200QT freighter. Recent news items on StarPerú:
One of the maingear tyres of StarPerú‘s BAe 146-200 OB-1885-P (msn E2087) deflated while she was rolling for take off from Cuzco on 23 September, on flight 2I 1181 to Puerto Maldonado. The crew rejected the takeoff and came to a safe stop on the runway. All the passengers deplaned […]
