A second former Swiss Avro RJ100 is being prepared for service with Air Libya. RJ100 HB-IYS (msn E3381) has been stored at Cranfield since December 2016, initially as G-CFAE. In May, she was registered to Mohamed Ahmed Elobeid as M-ABKZ. On 9 June, she was ferried to Prestwick for maintenance, […]
Swiss Avro RJ100 HB-IYZ (msn E3338) was ferried from Zürich to Prestwick as LX5210 on 22 August for maintenance prior to being returned off-lease. She operated her last commercial service on 14 August. That evening, she positioned to Genève as LX5046 and then operated a special flight back to Zürich, LX7545, on 15 August. […]
Swiss Avro RJ100 HB-IYZ (msn E3338) operated the airline’s last scheduled Avro RJ100 service on 14 August, bringing to an end almost 28 years of operations with BAe 146s and Avro RJs. HB-IYZ began the day by operating LX1612/1613 from Zürich to Milano Malpensa and back. Fittingly, her last scheduled service was […]
Swiss has reduced its once sizable Avro RJ100 fleet to a single example. The airline started 2017 with eight RJ100s, but now RJ100 HB-IYZ (msn E3338) is the only example of the type left in service. The others have been gradually retired. HB-IYR (msn E3382) in late January, -IXO (msn […]
Chile’s Aerovías DAP has taken delivery of a third former Swiss Avro RJ100 acquired through lessor Tronos. The latest addition is RJ100 T7-IYY (msn E3339 ex HB-IYY). She flew her last service for Swiss on 3 April — a roundtrip from Zürich to London City as LX466/467 — and then departed […]
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft marked 27 years of continuous operations of BAe 146s and Avro RJs by Swiss by presenting the airline with an engraved glass plaque during the recent BAE Systems Flight Operations Support Conference, which was held at Prestwick. Swiss’ predecessor Crossair took delivery of the first of […]
Avro RJ100s are to be banned from operating from London City after 31 March, because of noise levels fractionally above those permitted under the stringent Category A designation (94.5 PNdB). Although this technical breach has been reduced from 0.6 dB in 2013 to 0.1 dB above Category A in 2015 — a […]
2017 is going to see a substantial reduction in Avro RJ operations in Europe, with two major operators planning to withdraw their fleets entirely, and two others likely to reduce theirs. Brussels Airlines started the year with eight remaining Avro RJ100s, but has already taken one of those out of service. […]
Chile’s Aerovías DAP took delivery of another former Swiss Avro RJ100 just before the end of the year. RJ100 T7-IXP (msn E3283 ex HB-IXP) was acquired through lessor Tronos. Her last service for Swiss had been a roundtrip from Zürich to Milano Linate as LX1616/LX1617 on 19 December. She was ferried to Cranfield on the […]
Now that it is taking delivery of Bombardier CS100s, Swiss has resumed the process of retiring its Avro RJ100s. The airline had already retired four examples by September 2015. All four have since been parted out. Following the delivery of its first CS100, RJ100 HB-IXQ (msn E3282) was withdrawn in […]
